In accordance with the National Policy on Education (1986) Government of India started Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs).  Presently the JNVs are spread in 27 states and 7 Union territories. These are co-educational residential schools fully financed by the Government of India  through an autonomous organisation,  Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS).   Admissions in JNVs are made through the Jawahar Navodaya  Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) at claas VI. The medium  of instruction in JNVs is the mother-tongue or regional language upto class VIII  and English  there after for  Maths Science and Social Science (Also in Hindi choice)Students of the JNVs appear for X and XII class examinations of the  Central Board of Secondary Education.