PM SHRI Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mundali Cuttack (also JNV Mundali or JNV Cuttack) is a government residential school located in Mundali village in

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. It is part of the

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) is a system of central schools for students predominantly from rural areas in India, targeting socially and economically backward students who lack access to accelerated learning due to financial, social and rura ...

network and is managed by

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, an autonomous organization of the

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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

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under

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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, was recently declared as
PM SHRI School
a centrally sponsored scheme by the

to develop Schools where good physical infrastructure and appropriate resources conducive to learning are available to all students. It is well connected by roads from Cuttack as well as Bhubaneswar.

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is about 40 km from Mundali and is the nearest airport.

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is about 25 km from Mundali.

Campus

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

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. 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

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 -

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and

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(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

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

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

External links

*
Official Website
' {{Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in Odisha Cuttack district Educational institutions established in 1986 1986 establishments in Orissa