Government adds 5,000 seats to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas 
Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has announced the addition of 5,000 seats to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs), residential schools primarily focused on rural children, from academic session 2019-2020. "This is the biggest-ever expansion of quality education for rural students," Javadekar said during the announcement. Currently, JNVs have 46,600 seats. 