School type Public Grades Class 6 - 12 Classes 14 Campus size 13 ha Motto Prajnanam Brahma Founded 1986 | Established 1986 Age range 11-18 Medium of language English School district Belgaum National ranking 33 Color White and Gray | |
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kothali (JNVK) is a boarding school near Belgaum, Belgaum, India. JNVK is funded by the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development.
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History
The school was established in the year 1986 in the campus of Desh-Bhooshan by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, an autonomous body which comes under the Ministry of Human Resource and Development New Delhi. Navodaya Vidyalaya is the dream child of late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the Ex-Prime Minister of India. Later the school shifted to its own 32.08 acres (12.98 ha) campus in between the villages Kothali and Kuppanwadi in 1989.
The founder Principal Shri. S.V Sheshadri had formatted the school in such a way that it continues to be one of the top Navodaya School in Hyderabad region.
Campus
School stands on a 32.08 acres (12.98 ha) campus near Kothali village, and also very near to Shanti Giri, a Jain ashram. 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, water tank.
Houses
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Principals
1. S.V. Sheshadri (1988 to 1994) 2. K.B.Gopinath (1995 to 2000)