Admission in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is made on the basis of a Selection Test, designed and conducted by the CBSE. The test is called the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST). It is of non-verbal nature, class-neutral and designed so as to ensure that talented children from rural areas are able to compete without facing any disadvantage. Special care is taken to ensure that children from far flung areas get admission forms free of cost, without any difficulty. Sufficient publicity is done through Doordarshan, All India Radio, local newspapers, pamphlets, Vidyalaya websites and through visits of Principals and teachers of Navodaya Vidyalayas to the local schools of the district.
Only candidates from the district where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya has been opened are eligible to apply for admission. However, in the district where the JNV is opened and is bifurcated at a later date, the old boundaries of the district are considered for the purpose of eligibility for admission in the JNVs. This applies to cases where new Vidyalaya has not yet been started in the newly bifurcated district .
Candidates appearing for the selection test must be studying in Class-V for the entire academic session in a Government/Government-Aided, other recognized school or ‘B’ Certificate Competency Course of National Institute of Open Schooling, in the same district where he/she seeks admission.
The medium of the Test (JNVST) will be in any language out of 21 languages as notified.
Exam. Papers of JNVST Class-VI | ||
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Subject | Time | Weightage |
No. of Students on Rolls | 2,53,931 | |
Mental Ability | 60 Minutes | 50 % |
Arithmetic | 30 Minutes | 25 % |
Language | 30 Minutes | 25 % |
Medium/ Languages in which JNVST is Conducted | |||
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S.No | Language | S.No | Language |
1 | Assamese | 12 | Marathi |
2 | Bengali | 13 | Mizo |
3 | Bodo | 14 | Nepali |
4 | English | 15 | Odia |
5 | Garo | 16 | Punjabi |
6 | Gujarati | 17 | Sindhi (Arabic) |
7 | Hindi | 18 | Tamil |
8 | Kannada | 19 | Telugu |
9 | Khasi | 20 | Urdu |
10 | Malayalam | 21 | Sindhi (Devanagri) |
11 | Manipuri |
Dates of Conduct of JNVST JNVs Covered | ||
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Dates | JNVs Covered | |
Summer Bound JNVs | 28.04.2023 | 501 |
Winter Bound JNVs | 85 | |
Extreme Winter Bound JNVs | 07 | |
Total | 593 |
In order to optimally utilise the infrastructure and staff facilities available in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, vacant seats in Class-IX are filled up through Lateral Entry Test. During the year 2016-17, Lateral Entry Test for Class-IX was conducted in 550 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas.
To appear in the Selection Test, a candidate has to fulfill the following eligibility conditions :
Admission Test consists of questions of Class-VIII standard in the following subjects.
Sl. No. | Subject Total Marks | |
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1. | English | 15 |
2. | Hindi | 15 |
3. | Maths | 35 |
4. | Science | 35 |
Total Marks | 100 |
The test is conducted in objective/descriptive of type 3 hours duration without any break.
The Centre for the JNVST Class-IX Examination is Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya of the respective district.
The existing vacant seats in the SC/ST category, as notified, are reserved for the SC/ST students.
The vacant seats available in each JNV is notified every year in the local newspapers by the JNV concerned of that district. The admission in Class–XI is completed by 15th July every year.