In accordance of the National Policy of Education (1986) Government of India started Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs). Presently the JNVs are spread in 27 States and 7 Union Territories. These are co-educational residential schools fully financed and administered by Government of India through an autonomous organization,Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. Admission in JNVs are made through the Jawahar Navodaya Selection Test (JNVST) at Class VI. The medium of instruction in JNVs is the mother-toung or regional language up to class VIII and English thereafter for Maths and Science and Hindi for Social Science. Students of the JNVs appear for X and XII class examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education