The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs will hold a prize ceremony for the 27th National Youth Parliament Competition, 2025-26 for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas. Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju will chair the event and hand out awards to winning students and schools. The function affects over 100 Navodaya Vidyalayas across India that participated in the competition.
Event details and winners
The prize distribution will take place on Thursday, 10 September 2026 from 3:00 PM at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament Library Building, Parliament House Complex, New Delhi.
PM Shri Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Ukhrul-1 in Manipur (Shillong Region) has won first place in the overall competition. This school will receive the Running Parliamentary Shield and Trophy, and its students will perform their winning Youth Parliament Sitting again during the ceremony.
Seven other schools have won merit trophies for placing first in their respective regions:
- PM Shri Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kollam, Kerala (Hyderabad Region)
- PM Shri Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Theog, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh (Chandigarh Region)
- PM Shri Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Suratgarh, Sriganganagar-II, Rajasthan (Jaipur Region)
- PM Shri Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Malhar, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (Bhopal Region)
- PM Shri Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Valsad, Gujarat (Pune Region)
- PM Shri Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Purulia, West Bengal (Patna Region)
- PM Shri Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand (Lucknow Region)
About the competition
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has been running Youth Parliament Competitions in Navodaya Vidyalayas for the past 30 years. The 27th competition involved 100 schools spread across 8 regions of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti nationwide.
The scheme aims to build democratic values among young people, including self-discipline, openness to different viewpoints, and ethical expression of opinion. It also teaches students about Parliament’s functioning, discussion and debate techniques, and develops leadership and public speaking abilities.
What this means for you
If you attend a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, this competition provides a platform to learn parliamentary procedures and debate skills while representing your school. Winning schools gain recognition and trophies from the Union Minister. The programme helps develop confidence and democratic thinking among thousands of students across India’s Navodaya system.