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is to provide, establish, endow, maintain, control and manage the Central Schools
(Kendriya Vidyalayas) located all over India and abroad. The Government of
India wholly finances the Sangathan.
Over the years, the number of Kendriya Vidyalayas steadily increased to
1136 by 2016 including three KVs abroad (Kathmandu, Moscow, Tehran) and
03 non functional KVs. The number of KVs running in double shift are 66.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas
The National Policy on Education, 1986, envisaged setting up of pace setting
residential Navodaya schools with an aim of providing excellence coupled with
equity and social justice. Consequent to this, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti was
registered as a Society, under the Society Registration Act, of 1860, with the
objective to establish Navodaya Vidyalayas to provide good quality modern
education - including a strong component of inculcation of values, awareness
of the environment, adventure activities and physical education - to the talented
children predominantly from the rural areas without regard to their family's
socio-economic condition. The opening of a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is
based on the proposal from the concerned state/ UT governments offering about
30 acres of suitable land, free of cost. The state government has also to provide
sufficient temporary building and other infrastructures, free of rent, to
accommodate 240 students and staff for three to four years or till such time the
Samiti constructs its own buildings at the permanent site.
National Council of Educational Research and Training
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) provides
academic and technical supports for qualitative improvement of school
education. The NCERT was established on September 1, 1961 as an apex national
body to lead qualitative changes in school education. NCERT has been playing
an advisory role guiding Central and State Governments in formulating Policies,
Acts and government programmes. NCERT has played a crucial role in the
development of National Policies on Education (1968-1986) and National
Curriculum Frameworks. The researches undertaken by the Council have led
to building new perspective of schooling and also provided inputs for
formulation of policies and programmes. NCERT has been designing and
offering innovative and need-based courses for teachers, teacher educators and
counsellors. The curricular and other learning materials developed by the
Council have helped in bringing about quality schooling. NCERT has recognition
both at national and international levels in the area of school education owing
to its work done in the last 50 years. It is a unique institution in India, conducting
researches, preparing skilled educational professionals and developing
curriculum and curricular materials. The major constituent units of the NCERT
are: a. National Institute of Education (NIE), New Delhi. b. Central Institute of
Education Technology (CIET), New Delhi. c. Pandit Sunder Lal Sharma Central
Institute of Vocational Education (PSSCIVE), Bhopal. d. Five Regional Institutes