Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Pailapool is one of the approximately 565

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) is a system of central schools for talented students predominantly from rural areas in India. They are run by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Noida, an autonomous organization under the Department of School Educa ...

s in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. The school is located in Pailapool near Cachar,

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

about 27 kilometres from

Silchar Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is located south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. ...

. JNV Pailapool is affiliated to CBSE. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are schools for talented children generally from poor families. They form a part of the system of

gifted education Gifted education (also known as gifted and talented education (GATE), talented and gifted programs (TAG), or G/T education) is a broad group of special practices, procedures, and theories used in the education of children who have been identified a ...

. The objectives of the scheme are to provide education to talented children predominantly from the rural areas, irrespective of their family's socio-economic condition. As much as 80% of the seats are reserved for candidates from the rural areas of the district.

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Navodaya Vidyalaya SamitiSchools of hope – Business Today Article
{{Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in Assam Schools in Assam Cachar district 1994 establishments in Assam Educational institutions established in 1994