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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mundali

Coordinates: 20°26′20″N 85°45′11″E / 20.43889°N 85.75306°E / 20.43889; 85.75306
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PM SHRI Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mundali
Academic Block, JNV Cuttack
Location
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Mundali

Cuttack
,
Odisha
,
754006

India
Coordinates20°26′20″N 85°45′11″E / 20.43889°N 85.75306°E / 20.43889; 85.75306
Information
School typePublic
MottoPragnyan Brahm
(Consciousness is God)
Established1986
School districtCuttack
PrincipalRam Raj Singh
GradesClass 6 - 12
Age range11-18
LanguageEnglish
Classrooms14
Campus size121406 sq. Metres [1]
Campus typeRural
Houses4
Color(s)Aravali  
Nilgiri  
Shivalik  
Udaigiri  
Song"Hum nava yug ki nayi Bharathi"
NicknameJNVM
AffiliationsC.B.S.E.
Websitewww.jnvcuttack.nic.in

PM SHRI Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mundali Cuttack (also JNV Mundali or JNV Cuttack) is a government residential school located in Mundali village in Cuttack district, India. It is part of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya network and is managed by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, an autonomous organization of the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Department of Secondary Education and Higher Education.

The Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme was started in 1985 as part of the new education policy of the Government of India under Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to set up schools for children with special talents to progress at a faster pace irrespective of their capacity to pay for it.

The school, one of the oldest JNV in Odisha,[2] was recently declared as a PM SHRI School, a centrally sponsored scheme by the Government of India to develop Schools where good physical infrastructure and appropriate resources conducive to learning are available to all students.

Campus

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The school has an infrastructure mainly consisting of an Academic Block, Boys & Girls Dormitories, Teachers & Staffs Quarter, Mess, Multipurpose Hall, numerous Playgrounds, Guest House. It is hugely surrounded and decorated by plants and trees. There are 4 life size statues of Swami Vivekananda, Gautam Buddha, Subhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi.

There are many wall arts and mini sculptures present in the campus. Some of being created by the Students and the Art teacher together.

Academics

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There are two sections for each classes, ranging from Grade 6th to 10th, consisting 40 students in each classroom. For 11th & 12th grades, two streams as offered - Science and Hotel Management (HM). The Science students are selected from those who had appeared in 10th Board the same year from the school. HM students are allowed from other JNVs who had opted for the stream. For the Science students, two sub-streams are available, namely, PCM & PCMB.

Co-Curricular Activities

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Various competitions in literary, cultural, performing, visual, physical education, sports, games, etc. are conducted regularly. All the competitions are conducted house-wise in order to inculcate a healthy competitive spirit among children.

Migration

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The migration of students in class 9 takes place every year to JNV Dumka. Also, approximately the same number of students immigrate here from that school. It aims at bringing regional harmony and unity against regionalism. It also gives the students a chance to learn languages other than their own. The students have to fill out the willingness form to assure that they are ready for migration at the time of admission. The selection of students is based on willingness, and if it does not meet the 30% requirement of the batch in 9th grade, a lot system is adopted.

References

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  1. ^ "JNV Cuttack, Careers360".
  2. ^ "Website of JNV Cuttack: india.gov.in".
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