"But Tamil Nadu doesn't have a single Navodaya school, which is unfortunate," Javadekar, the minister for Human Resource Development said. He added that prime minister Narendra Modi is working hard to create a new India, with the help of technology.



Recently, the Madras high court directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue No Objection Certificate to open Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, saying the state government should give up its fear that Hindi would be thrust upon students through these central schools.

After hearing the state government and the petitioner, Justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan of the Madurai bench of the Madras HC ordered the issuance of NOC within eight weeks for starting JNVs.

The state government counsel submitted that it had enough schools to provide education to poor students and there was no need for JNVs funded by the Centre.