(a) the number of Navodaya Vidyalayas in the country, State-
wise;
(b) the number of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes
students studying in these schools, State-wise;
(c) the steps taken to ensure the admission of adequate
number of students of such categories in these schools; and
(d) the details of the special facilities being provided to
the students of these categories?
THE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI)
(a) 446 JNVs have been sanctioned as on 30th June, 2001.
The State-wise list is enclosed at Annexure-I.
(b) The information about the number of SC/ST students
studying JNVs as on 31.03.2000 is attached at Annexure -II.
(c) Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is getting more than
stipulated percentages of SC/ST students. However, extensive
publicity is made to attract more and more SC/ST students in
JNVs.
(d) 10% relaxation for qualifying marks in admission test
has been provided for SC/ST candidates.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO.261 FOR REPLY ON 24.07.2001 REGARDING NAVODAYA
VIDYALAYA.
Name of Name of State/UT No. of TOTAL Region JNVs
BHOPAL Madhya Pradesh 42 69 Orissa 18 Chattisgarh 09 CHANDIGARH Punjab 15 41 Himachal Pradesh 11 Jammu & Kashmir 14 Chandigarh 01 HYDERABAD Andhra Pradesh 22 68 Karnataka 26 Kerala 13 Pondicherry 04 Andaman & Nicobar 02 Lakshdweep 01 JAIPUR Rajasthan 31 48 Haryana 15 Delhi 02 LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh 54 62 Uttranchal 08 PATNA Bihar 34 50 Jharkhand 16 PUNE Maharashtra 29 51 Gujarat 17 Goa 02 Daman & Diu 02 D & N Haveli 01 SHILLONG Meghalaya 06 57 Manipur 09 Mizoram 03 Arunachal Pradesh 09 Nagaland 04 Tripura 03 Sikkim 03 Assam 20 TOTAL 446 446
ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.261 FOR REPLY ON 24.07.2001 REGARDING NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA.
THE DETAILS OF SC/ST STUDENTS STUDYING IN JNVs STATE-WISE AS ON 31.03.2000.
S.No STATE/UT SC ST
01. Andaman & Nicobar 13 125 02. Andhra Pradesh 2055 923 03. Arunachal Pradesh 43 1340 04. Assam 578 1094 05. Bihar 2284 424 06. Chandigarh 74 89 07. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 04 73 08. Daman & Diu 24 09 09. Delhi 171 04 10. Goa 14 00 11. Gujarat 647 442 12. Haryana 1504 80 13. Himachal Pradesh 1069 589 14. Jammu & Kashmir 302 624 15. Karnataka 1628 574 16. Kerala 1281 144 17. Lakshadweep 02 154 18. Madhya Pradesh 3175 1917 19. Maharashtra 2159 955 20. Manipur 278 1456 21. Meghalaya 17 1002 22. Mizoram 07 242 23. Nagaland 00 431 24. Orissa 1170 1491 25. Pondicherry 288 01 26. Punjab 1306 515 27. Rajasthan 2131 1615 28. Sikkim 36 218 29. Tripura 210 276 30. Uttar Pradesh 4771 148 31. Jharkhand 741 1341 32. Chattisgarh 516 842 33. Uttranchal 453 105
TOTAL 28951 19343