Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kozhikode, locally known as JNV Calicut is a co-educational, boarding school in Kozhikode district of Kerala state in India. Navodaya Vidyalayas are funded by the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development and administered by Navodaya Vidyalaya SmitiâÂÂan autonomous body under the ministry. Previously, the school name was JNV Calicut before renaming of Calicut district to Kozhikode district.
The school was established in 1987âÂÂ88 as a vision of the New Education Policy, 1986, by the then Prime Minister Shri. Rajiv Gandhi, and is a part of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya schools. This school's permanent campus is located at village Palayad Nada in Kozhikode district. This school is administered and monitored by the Hyderabad regional office of Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti.
Admission to JNV Kozhikode at class VI level is made through a selection test conducted by Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti. Information about the test is disseminated and advertised in the district by the office of the Kozhikode district magistrate (Collector), who is also the chairperson of Vidyalya Management Committee.
JNV Kozhikode is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education with affiliation number 940001, following the curriculum prescribed by CBSE.