THE UNION Cupboard on Friday authorized Rs 8,231 crore for what could be the largest enlargement of central faculties in a decade, sanctioning 85 new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and 28 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs). The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir will obtain the very best variety of new KVs (13), whereas Arunachal Pradesh will get essentially the most JNVs (8).
KVs are supposed for kids of central authorities and defence workers. JNVs, alternatively, are residential faculties (from Class VI to XII) established in rural districts to nurture proficient college students from rural areas.
Presently, other than these newly authorized by the Union Cupboard on Friday, there are 1,256 practical KVs and 653 practical JNVs.
The 85 new central faculties will likely be established over a interval of eight years ranging from 2025-26, whereas the 28 JNVs will likely be arrange over 5 years from 2024-25 to 2028-29. Collectively, these faculties are anticipated to create extra enrollment capability for almost one lakh college students and generate roughly 6,600 new posts for employment, the federal government mentioned on Friday.
Though the brand new KVs are unfold throughout 19 states and Union Territories, a senior authorities official defined the rationale behind the districts chosen for the brand new faculties. “New Kendriya Vidyalayas are created based mostly on demand, which implies we often set up a brand new faculty the place there are a minimum of 500 households of central authorities workers. As an example, in Jammu & Kashmir, a bigger quantity has been authorized to cater to the households of the various CRPF personnel posted there. To present you one other instance, in Andhra Pradesh we’ve got authorized a KV in a district the place the income division has began a brand new coaching establishment,” the official advised The Indian Specific.
Aside from J&Okay, Madhya Pradesh received 11 new KVs, adopted by Rajasthan (9), Andhra Pradesh (8) and Odisha (8). Collectively, the above 5 states have cornered greater than half of the brand new KVs green-lit on Friday.
“As for the JNVs, a big quantity has been sanctioned for 3 Northeastern states — Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Manipur — a call strategically aimed toward opening extra faculties in border states of the area,” the official mentioned. Whereas 6 JNVs had been cleared for Assam, Manipur received 3. Together with Arunachal Pradesh, they account for 17 of the 28 new JNVs.
The final two sizable tranches of latest KVs authorized by the Centre had been in March 2019 (50) by the incumbent authorities and in February 2014 (54) by the UPA authorities, simply forward of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. In response to sources, though all these KVs have began functioning, many are nonetheless working from non permanent premises.
“So this time, the Union Cupboard has determined {that a} new KV or new JNV won’t begin functioning, not even from a short lived premises, until the land for the everlasting campus of the establishments has been transferred by the state authorities or the Defence Ministry, whichever is relevant within the case,” the federal government official mentioned.
