JNV Barabanki

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Barabanki
जवाहर नवोदय विद्यालय, बाराबंकी

Pragyanam Brahma
Consciousness Is Brahman
Location
Sonikpur, Trivediganj
Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, 227131[1]
India
Coordinates 26°37′29″N 81°17′15″E / 26.624609°N 81.287462°E / 26.624609; 81.287462Coordinates: 26°37′29″N 81°17′15″E / 26.624609°N 81.287462°E / 26.624609; 81.287462
Information
School type Residential
Established 1992
School board C.B.S.E.
School district Barabanki
Principal Archana Singh
Staff 65
Grades Class 6–12
Years offered 7 Year System
Age range 10–18
Enrollment 560 max.
Classes Science and Commerce
Average class size 40 students
Medium of language English
Classrooms 14
Campus size 125 acres (51 ha)
Campus type Rural
Houses 12 Boarding houses
Color(s)          White and Gray
Slogan Hami Navodaya Hoon
Song
Navodaya song
Nickname JNVBBK
National ranking 7
School fees Free
Affiliations C.B.S.E.
Website www.jnvbarabanki.edu.in[2]

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Barabanki[3] (JNVBBK) is a boarding school near Sonikpur, Barabanki, India.[4] JNVBBK is funded by the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development.[5]

History

The school was established in 1992 in the campus of Jahangeerabad Barabanki by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti,[6] an autonomous body that comes under the Ministry of Human Resource and Development New Delhi. Navodaya Vidyalaya was the dream child of late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the ex-prime minister of India. The school shifted to its own 125 acres (51 ha) campus in a hilly area of Sonikpur in 1998.[7][8]

The founder HRD Minister Shri Arjun Singh formatted the school in such a way that it continues to be the Jewel of Barabanki district.

Campus[9]

The school stands on a 125 acres (51 ha) campus near Sonikpur village and very near to Town Haidergarh. The west side of campus has greenery area. The campus has several buildings, the administration block, main class room buildings, laboratory building, workshops, teachers' quarters, students' dormitories, principal's house, guest house, common mess, sports ground, power house, and water tank.

Awards and recognition[10]

Alumni association[11]

An alumni association is functioning effectively in the Vidyalaya since 2010 with a view to record the 'Social Values' ex-Navodians have achieved.

First alumni was organaised by ex-principal Hon. S. Ram (Asstt. Comm. Jaipur, Rajasthan), PET Sir N.K. Singh, with Students Team: Surya Prakash Verma, Ashutosh Mishra, Hari Kisan Singh, Shashi Rai, Harish, Suryakiran Jaiswal, Lavkush Kanaujiya, etc.[12]

First Sunday of December every year the Alumni Meet is conducted in the Vidyalaya.

Houses[13]

Previously there were houses: Rajeev House, Subhash House and Hording House.[14]

Now the houses are renamed and it's the same for the JNVs all over India: Aravali Senior, Nilgiri Senior, Shivalik Senior, Udaygiri Senior, Aravali Junior, Nilgiri Junior, Shivalik Junior, Udaygiri Junior.[15]

Principals[16]

Sports

Host national-level games

Host regional-level games

Host cluster-level games

References

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