Applications have been invited for the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) for admission to Class VI at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs). 

Presently the JNVs are spread in 27 States and 08 Union Territories. These are co-educational residential schools fully financed and administered by Government of India through an autonomous organization, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. 

The medium of instruction in JNVs is the mother tongue or regional language up to Class VIII and thereafter English for Mathematics and Science and Hindi for Social Science. Students of the JNVs appear for board examinations of the Central Board of Secondary Education. 

While education in the schools is free including board & lodging, uniform and textbooks, a sum of Rs. 600/- per month is collected only from the students of Classes IX to XII towards Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi (VVN). However, students belonging to SC/ST categories, Divyang students, all Girl students and the students whose family income is below poverty line (BPL) are exempted. In respect of wards of Government employees other than exempted category (Students of classes VI to VIII, all SC/ST & Girl students and wards of BPL families) Vikas Nidhi will be charged @Rs.1500/- per month or actual Children Education Allowance received by the parent per month whichever is less, subject to a minimum of Rs. 600/- per student per month.

Eligibility: Applicant must not have been born before 01.05.2013 and after 31.07.2015 (Both dates are inclusive). This will apply to candidates of all categories, including those who belong to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC). 

Applicant must be studying in Class-V for the whole of the academic session 2024-25 in a Government/Government aided or other recognized schools or ‘B’ certificate competency course of National Institute of Open Schooling in the same district where he/she is seeking admission.

Seat distribution: A maximum of eighty students are admitted in Class VI in each Vidyalaya through a Selection Test subject to availability of suitable candidates. At least 75% of the seats in a district will be filled by candidates provisionally selected from rural areas of the district. The remaining seats are open which will be filled on merit from both Urban and Rural Area candidates of the district as per selection criteria. A candidate seeking admission under the rural quota must have studied in Classes-III, IV and V completing full academic session from the Government/ Government Aided/Government recognized schools located in rural areas. However, the candidate should study full academic session under rural area in Class-V from the same district where admission is being sought. A candidate who has studied in a school located in an urban area even for a single day of session in Class-III, IV and V will be considered as an urban candidate.

Test: JNV Selection Test for the academic session 2025-26 will be held in two phases – (i) On Saturday, 18th January, 2025 at 11.30 am in specified States/locations and (ii) On Saturday, 12th April, 2025 at 11.30 am at other specified places. The schedule is given in the Prospectus at https://navodaya.gov.in/

The selection test will be of two-hour duration from 11.30 am to 01.30 pm and will have 3 sections with only objective type questions. There are 80 questions in all for 100 marks from Mental ability (40 questions,50 marks, 60 minutes); Arithmetic (20, 25, 30) and Language (20, 25, 30).

Every correct answer will get 1.25 marks. There is no negative marking for incorrect answers. Sample questions are given in the Prospectus/Website.

Application: Applications can be submitted online at https://navodaya.gov.in latest by 23rd September 2024. No one is eligible to apply for the selection test for the second time.