Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are run by NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI,
                an educational organisation under Dept. of Higher & Secondary Education,
                         MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, GOVT. OF INDIA                                                   

               The Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme was started during the year 1985-86 and is managed by   Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, an autonomous organization  under Ministry of Human Resource Development,  Department of School Education & Literacy, Govt. of India.

As part of the programme of action of the new education policy, 1986, Govt. of India launched the scheme under the pioneer of Shri Rajeev Gandhi, the  former Prime Minister of India to set up Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in all the districts of the country in order to provide opportunities to the children with special talents to proceed at a faster pace by making quality education available to them irrespective of their capacity to pay for it.