JNV News: MOU SIGNED BETWEEN HRD AND RAILWAY MINISTRIES

 An MoU was signed between the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Ministry of Railways to develop educational infrastructure in the form of around 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas in civil sector (about 20 during the 11^th Plan and the balance during the 12^th Plan), 10 Residential Schools on the pattern of Navodaya Vidayalayas ( to be set up by Ministry of Railways in collaboration with Ministry of HRD on mutually agreed terms), an appropriate number of Model Degree Colleges and Technical and Management institutions of National Importance to meet the demand for education including wards of Railway employees, either as per the norms specified under the existing schemes/programmes and projects being executed by Ministry of Human Resource Development or through special programmes and projects mutually agreed by the parties or through innovative financing under Public Private Partnership Models or any combinational thereof.

Source:PIB

JNV News: Students visit Vidhan Sabha

 CHANDIGARH: It was an altogether different experience for 415 students of seven Govt Senior Secondary Schools (GSSS) in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab when, on Saturday, they visited Punjab and Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Punjab and Haryana High Court and some other places, about which they had so far read in textbooks and seen on television. 

Said an excited 18-year-old Surinder Singh, class 12 student of GSSS Ferozepur, It was a memorable moment for us when we were there. 

The protocol officer of Punjab and Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Rajan Kumar, addressed the students and introduced them to the functioning of Vidhan Sabha. In Punjab and Haryana High Court, officials of the bar council attended to the students. 

The visit was organized by Awareness Mission Society headed by Ram Dayal of Chandigarh. Other places visited by the students included Rock Garden, Chandigarh Traffic Park-23, Panjab University (PU) and two media institutes. On the second leg of the two-day visit, the students would visit historical gurdwaras, including Machhiwara Sahib, Chamkaur Sahib and Fathegarh Sahib on Sunday. 

The organizer, who is an inspector-rank official with Chandigarh police, said the society organizes one educational tour every year and students of government schools from every district of Punjab are invited. 

The society is also working in the field of free education for poor students across the state and providing special training to needy students for clearing entrance tests for admissions to Navodaya Vidyalayas in Punjab. 

 Source: TOI

JNV News: Youth parliament competition in city

 MYSORE: A two-day national youth parliament competition will be held from Wednesday in the city. The 14th edition of the competition will have students from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in three regions of Pune, Bhopal and Hyderabad, posing questions. Union parliamentary affairs secretary Usha Mathur and under-secretary R C Mohanthy will attend. 

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Mysore is hosting the event. Students of JNV at Gajapathy in Odisha, JNV at Hingoli and Pune and the host school will take part, school principal Siddarame Gowda said.

Among the politicians, MP H Vishwanath and former MP A Siddaraju will be there as members of the jury, along with the secretary.