To establish, endow, maintain, control and manage schools (hereinafter called, the Navodaya Vidyalaya) and to do all acts and things necessary for or conductive to the promotion of such schools which will have the following objectives :

To provide good quality modern education-including a strong component of culture inculcation of values, awareness of the environment, adventure activities and physical education-to the talented children predominantly from the rural areas without regard to their family's socio-economic condition.

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 of ensuring comparability in standards and to facilitate and understanding of 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 experience 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.