JNV: rs 9600 for school leaving certificate

Sometimes, Vision of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya as a school for gifted and talented children is missed amidst bureaucracy and rules.

A poor but meritorious student was asked to pay Rs 9,600 when the student asked for his school leaving certificate (SLC).Chandrasekhar Sahu, recently completed XIIth and he is a son of a daily-wage earner in Orissa, The school authorities asked him to pay a fee of Rs 9,600 for "Navodaya Vikas Nidhi", a development fund for the school.

As the student could not pay the amount, authorities refused to release his SLC until the payment was made.Chandrasekhar has topped in the Plus II CBSE examination in the Orissa zone by securing 95% marks and now aspires to be a doctor, but his dreams cant get realised if a doesn't gets the SLC from JNV school.

Principal Das of JNV said that the Chandrasekhar has not paid the fees (monthly 200 Rs.) for four years, as a result of which he was asked to pay a sum of Rs 9,600, only BPL, SC or ST are exempted from paying these fees, Chandrasekhar belongs to other backward caste (OBC).Chandrasekhar, then approached district collector for help.

While school administration was adamant on demand and refused to waive off the fee, the district collector, Dey, promised to pay the fees.

JNV Exams on July 10th

Come July 10th and many aspiring talent will appear in the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) entrance exam through out India.

The exams were delayed by almost 6 months, waiting for the conclusion of exemption from a Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education that prohibits screening tests for admission to schools.

Later this year JNVs, along with KVs and Sainik Schools were bought under a special category, and exempted from the mandate of the Act.

CBSE X results : JNV topped Delhi region

CBSE Class X results are out, and as usual Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya has topped the chart again,

 

In Delhi region, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya registered an impressive 99.36% pass percentage, second rank was by Kendriya Vidyalayas with 99.16%.  more results are awaited…