Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday approved an increase of 5,000 seats at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country. <br />''<br />''<br />''The admission to the additional seats will start in the 2019-20 academic session. In a statement, the HRD Ministry said, now the number of seats has increased from 46 thousand 600 to 51 thousand at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas. <br />''<br />''<br />''It said, in the last four years there has been an addition of nine thousand seats in the residential schools.<br />''<br />''<br />''Mr Javadekar said, this is the biggest-ever expansion of quality education for rural students and a step in the right direction. He said, this expansion will provide more opportunity for talented children from rural areas to get a quality education.<br />''<br />''<br />''Navodaya is the only education system in the country where students give entrance examination for admission into Class six. <br />''<br />''<br />