Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Ballia

Eligibility

Since the Vidyalayas have an objective of providing opportunity and education to the underprivileged children of rural areas, the entrance examination has a list of eligibility criteria. They require the student to be:

1. a student of V standard by a Government recognised school
2. in the age group of 9-13
3. a student of III, IV and V in a Government recognised school in a rural area, to apply for a rural quota.
4. a first time appearer in the entrance exam.

Reservation

Seats are reserved for the children of rural areas. At least 75% of the seats of district are filled by candidates selected from rural areas and remaining seats are filled from the urban areas of the district.[2] Reservation of seats in favour of children belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is also provided in proportion to their population in the concerned district.[2] These reservations are interchangeable and over and above the candidates selected under open merit. Efforts are made to ensure that one-third of the total seats are filled up by girls.

Academics

All subjects, with the exception of Hindi are taught in English in all standards.And an additional language is also taught to students from 6 to 9 standards.The additional language depends upon the current migration policy of the school.Teachers are highly qualified. All the students have to attain daily Physical Training and evening games followed by evening Roll Call.Classes start from 8 AM and closed at 1:30 PM.There are eight periods for each standard daily, before lunch. After lunch, remedial class takes place. Students are not taught in remedial classes. They are supposed to do their homework in that time and ask teachers, if any difficulty arises. The results of class X and XII examinations of the school have been consistently above the overall CBSE national averages.

Hostel Life

This school is a residential schools. Students are accommodated in four houses which are named as Udaygiri, Aravalli, Nilgiri and Shivalik. Each house is supervised by a House Master and Associate House Master. The role of teacher is extended into a local parent in this system.The school features gender specific dormitories. Students are provided with breakfast in the morning, lunch, evening snack and dinner. A movie show is organized every month for two to three days.It becomes the students' home away from home after a short time.

Scouting, Guiding and NCC

Scouting and guiding activities takes place under the directions from Bharat Scouts and Guides. Students regularly and actively participate in various programmes of BSG. NCC certificate programmes are there which are available for both Boys and girls of 8th and 9th standards.

Games and sports

Games and sports are encouraged in the school develop fitness, physical and neuro-muscular skills and promote the spirits of co-operation and sportsmanship. The school have grounds for cricket, basketball, volleyball, handball, Kho kho and football. Table tennis and gym kits are also available. Students in hostels are issued Carrom board for their enjoyment. To create sound minds in sound bodies considerable importance is given to the physical training of students. The morning P.T has ingredients like Jogging, Yoga, Mass Drill Displays and Discipline-specific coaching. The evening sessions starts at 4.30 p.m and lasts for two hours. There are facilities for all the major outdoor games like Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Handball, Kho kho, cricket and indoor games like Shuttle badminton, Table Tennis and Chess. The school sends at least two players every year to represent Navodaya Vidyalaya Samithi at the National level in the Schools Games Federation of India (SGFI) tournaments. Children participate successfully in the District Amateur Athletic Meet and District Rural Games Meet. The trick of the trade is that the children showing talents for sports are identified as soon as they get admitted and then a discipline suitable for the child is identified and specific coaching is given.

Migration

One of the important features of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme is a scheme of exchange of students from one Vidyalaya in a particular linguistic region to another in a Hindi linguistic region to promote understanding of the diversity and plurality of India's culture and its people. This school had migration settlement with Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Punjab,Arunachal Pradesh previously which is recently changed to JNV Alleppey Kerala owing to some administrative reasons. According to the Scheme, selected 30% students of 9th class students are exchanged between the two schools i.e. about 24 students

Curricular activities

In addition to the regular science topics (Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English, Hindi and Malyalam), students are trained in Music, Fine Arts, Computer Science Education and SUPW. Youth Parliament sessions are conducted. Every year competitions are held in all disciplines of Sciences, Fine Arts and Games under the name cluster winners of which attend a next level competition regional level and further filtered ones compete at national level.

Alumni

Many former students of this Vidyalaya have completed professional courses in the field of medicine, engineering, management, law, education and are serving the society with full dedication.Every year 4/5 students of the school are selected in JEE and NEET/AIMS.Teachers of this school usually cite examples of former successful students for motivating currently enrolled students. An association of old students who are now employed in various respectable professions is formed and regular meetings are being organised with the name MILAN every year.