Both Kendriya Vidyalaya and Navodaya Vidyalaya are considered to be the top government schools of the country and are run by the Central Government. Both the schools are affiliated to the CBSE board and it is not easy to get admission in them because the seats are less and the applications are very high. By taking admission in these schools, parents save themselves from many extra expenses of private schools because the standard of education here is good and the fees are less.

There are many major differences between Kendriya Vidyalaya and Navodaya Vidyalaya, such as the number of KVS is more in the entire country whereas the number of NVS is less and it is also a bit difficult to find them, some branches of KVS also run in foreign countries whereas NVS are only in India.