• To provide good quality modern education to the talented children predominantly from the rural areas, regardless of their family's socio-economic condition.

• To ensure that all students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas attain a reasonable level of competence in three languages as envisaged in the Three Language Formula.

• To serve, in each district, as focal points for improvements in quality of school education in general through sharing of experiences and facilities.!