The Navodaya Vidyalaya System which began as a unique experiment, is today unparalleled in the annals of school education in India and elsewhere. Its significance lies in the selection of talented rural children as the target group and the attempt to provide them quality education comparable to the best in a residential school system.

• To provide facilities, at a suitable stage, for instruction through a common medium, viz., Hindi and English, all over the country.
• Offer a common core-curriculum to ensure comparability in standards and to facilitate and understand the common and composite heritage of our people.
• To progressively bring students from one part of the country to another in each school to promote national integration and enrich the social content.
• To serve as a focal point for improvement in quality of school education through training of teachers in live situations and sharing of experiences and facilities.
• To establish, develop, maintain and manage hostels for the residence of students of Navodaya Vidyalayas.
• To aid, establish and conduct other institutions as may be required for the furtherance of the Society's objects in any part of India
• To do all such things as may be considered necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the society.