In accordance with the National Policy of Education (1986), Government of India  started Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs). Presently the JNVs are spread in  27 States and 08 Union Territories. These are co-educational residential schools  fully financed and administered by Government of India through an autonomous  organization, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. Admissions in JNVs are made through  the JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SELECTION TEST (JNVST) to Class VI. The  medium of instruction in JNVs is the mother tongue or regional language up to  Class VIII and thereafter English for Mathematics and Science and Hindi for Social  Science.