Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, an Autonomous Organization under Ministry of Education, Department of School Education & Literacy, Government of India has notified the admissions to Class-IX & XI for the session 2025-26 against vacant seats in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas through Lateral Entry Test.

Online applications are invited from eligible candidates for admission to class-IX & XI in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas against the vacant seats for the session 2025-26. 

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are Co-educational and fully residential from Class VI to Class XII imparting good quality modern education to talented children predominantly from rural areas, and affiliated to CBSE. It has separate Hostels for Boys and Girls. 

Eligibility 

(i) Class XI: Only those candidates who are bonafide residents & studying class VIII during the session 2024-25 in Govt./Govt. recognised schools of the district where JNV is functioning and to which they are seeking admission, are eligible. Date of birth of the candidate is to be between 01.05.2010 to 31.07.2012 (both dates inclusive). This is applicable to all categories of candidates including those who belong to SC/ST/OBC categories.

Class XI: The candidate must have studied Class X during academic the academic session 2024-25 (April 2024 to March 2025 session)/2024 (January to December 2024 session) from a Govt./Govt. recognized school of the district where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is functioning and should have been born between 01.06.2008 to 31.07.2010 (Both dates inclusive).

Selection Tests will be OMR based with Bilingual question paper (Hindi and English) with objective type questions. Selection Test for Class IX will have questions from Hindi, English, Mathematics & Science and that for Class XI will have questions from Mental Ability, English, Mathematics, Science & Social Science. Syllabus and selection criteria are given in the Prospectus.

Notifications, Prospectus and online application links are available as follows: 

For Class 9: https://cbseitms.nic.in/2024/nvsix/ 

For Class 11: https://cbseitms.nic.in/2024/nvsxi_11/  

A candidate will be considered for district level merit only if the district of Class-X study and residence are the same. 

Last date to apply is 30.10.2024.

The selection test will be held on 08.02.2025.