Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kodagu

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is a school in Kodagu, India, and is a part of the Navodaya Vidyalaya group. The school is located near Madikeri, which is 7 km from Madikeri, the headquarters of Kodagu district. The school is also known as JNV Kodagu.

History
Established in 1987 under the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme, the school is CBSE affiliated, co-educational, and residential. Initially, when the school building and other infrastructure were under development, the school was operational in a building in the government junior premises at Madikeri Town. In 1995, the Vidyalaya was shifted to the present site at Galibeedu Road.

Purpose
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, known as JNV, are Indian schools for talented children and form a part of the system of gifted education. The objectives of the scheme are to provide good-quality modern education to the talented rural children in each district of the country. These vidyalayas are fully residential and co-educational, with reservations for 75% rural, 33% urban, 33% girls, 15% SC, 7.5% ST, and 3% physically handicapped students. The unique feature of the Navodaya Scheme is the migration system for promoting national integration through the exchange of 30% of students in 9th grade from Hindi-speaking states to non-Hindi-speaking states and vice versa.

Co-Curricular Activities
Various competitions in literary, cultural, performing, visual, physical education, sports, games, etc. are conducted regularly. All the competitions are conducted house-wise in order to inculcate a healthy competitive spirit among children. Students of the Vidyalaya participate in the Republic Day and Independence Day celebrations at District Headquarters every year.

House System
The students are accommodated in four houses named after the old mountain ranges of the country Viz: Aravali, Nilgiri, Shivalik, and Udaygiri, separately for boys and girls and for juniors and seniors. The teachers are assigned the duties of housemasters for boys and housemistresses for girls.

Migration
The migration of students in class 9 takes place every year to JNV Manpur. Also, approximately the same number of students immigrate here from that school. It aims at bringing regional harmony and unity against regionalism. It also gives the students a chance to learn languages other than their own. The students have to fill out the willingness form to assure that they are ready for migration at the time of admission. The selection of students is based on willingness, and if it does not meet the 30% requirement of the batch in 9th grade, a lot system is adopted. Those who are not ready even after they are selected by lottery will have to quit the school. But till date, everyone who has enjoyed the migration facility is satisfied and happy about living in Manpur, except Darshan J.