| Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Yanam | |
| Native Name: | JNV Mettakur |
| Alt: | Logo of Navodaya schools |
| Caption: | Pragyanam Brahma |
| Motto: | Pragyanam Brahma |
| Motto Translation: | Consciousness is Brahman |
| Location: | Mettakur, Yanam |
| State: | Puducherry U.T. |
| Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh#India |
| Pushpin Label: | JNV Yanam |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of JNV Yanam in Puducherry, India |
| Country: | India |
| Postalcode: | 533464 |
| Type: | Public |
| Established: | 1987 |
| Principal: | T. V. S. Prakasa Rao[1] |
| Principal1: | Vacant |
| Principal Label1: | Vice Principal |
| Faculty: | 26 |
| Staff: | 17 |
| Grades: | VI - XII |
| Enrollment: | 329 |
| Campus Size: | 25acres |
| Campus Type: | Rural |
| Affiliation: | CBSE |
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Yanam or locally known as JNV Mettakur is a boarding, co-educational school in Yanam district of Puducherry U.T. in India. Navodaya Vidyalayas are funded by the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development and administered by Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti, an autonomous body under the ministry. Navodaya Vidyalayas provide free education to talented children from Class VI to XII.[2] Yanam district is a coastal enclave within Andhra Pradesh state, located about 815 km from union territory headquarter Pondicherry.
The school was established in 1987, and is a part of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya schools. This school is administered and monitored by Hyderabad regional office of Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti.[3]
Admission to JNV Yanam at class VI level is made through selection test (JNVST) conducted by Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti. The information about test is disseminated and advertised in district by the office of Yanam district magistrate (Collector), who is also the chairperson of Vidyalya Management Committee of JNV Yanam.
JNV Yanam is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education with affiliation number 130014.[4]