Parliament Question: Establishment of Navodaya Vidyalayas for Providing Technical Education

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2330 ANSWERED ON 03.08.2026 Establishment of Navodaya Vidyalayas for Providing Technical Education †2330. Shri Arun Kumar Sagar: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government proposes to establish Navodaya Vidyalayas to provide technical education to poor students in every district of the backward areas of the country particularly in Shahjahanpur of Uttar Pradesh; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (c) if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY) (a) to (c): The Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme envisages for opening of one Navodaya Vidyalaya (NV) in each district of the country. Opening of new NVs in uncovered districts is a continuous process which depends on the willingness of the concerned State Government/UT administration to make available requisite suitable land, free of cost, for construction of the permanent building and making available required temporary building, free of rent, to run the Vidyalaya till the permanent building is constructed. Sanction and opening of new NVs depends on approval by the competent authority as per extant procedures. As on date, all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh have been covered under the scheme and 76 NVs are functional in these districts. As per information received from Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), NVs students are taught basic Computer Science (ICT) from Classes VI to XII, through smart classrooms, in accordance with the curriculum and guidelines prescribed by the CBSE. Skill-based subjects are also offered in all NVs as per the CBSE curriculum and the choices exercised by the students. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Coding & Computational Thinking (CT) have also been introduced from the academic session 2026–27 in accordance with the CBSE guidelines. Skill Labs have also been established in NVs under various projects, such as in collaboration with CBSE under Skilling at Schools project with World Bank, NVS CBSE project, under CSR support of Tata Motors Limited and through Ministry of Skill Development &Entrepreneurship (MSDE). Total 800 Skill Labs in 400 NVs, including in Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, were established through project of MSDE. *****