In accordance with the National Policy of Education (1986), Government of India
started 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. Admissions in JNVs are made through
the JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SELECTION TEST (JNVST) to Class VI. 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.
However, VVN shall not be less than Rs.600/- per student per month.
Objectives of the Scheme
(i) To provide good quality modern education including a strong component
of culture, inculcation of values, awareness of the environment, adventure
activities and physical education to the talented children predominantly
from rural areas.
(ii) To ensure that students attain a reasonable level of competency in three
languages.
(iii) To promote national integration through migration of students from Hindi to
Non-Hindi speaking State and vice-versa.
(iv) To serve in each district as focal point for improvement in quality of school
education in general through sharing of experiences and facilities
State/UT-wise Distribution of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas
According to the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme, one Jawahar Navodaya
Vidyalaya is to be set up in each District in a phased manner. At present, 649
Vidyalayas are functional in 27 States and 08 Union Territories. The State/UTwise
distribution of functional JNVs is as under:
Sr.
No State No. of
JNVs
Sr.
No. State No. of JNVs
1 Andhra Pradesh 13+02** 19 Madhya
Pradesh 51+02**+01*
2 Arunachal
Pradesh 17 20 Maharashtra 33+01**
3 Assam 26+01** 21 Manipur 09+02*
4 Bihar 38+01** 22 Meghalaya 11+01**
5 Chandigarh (UT) 1 23 Mizoram 8
6 Chhattisgarh 27+01** 24 Nagaland 11
7
Dadra & Nagar
Haveli and Daman
& Diu (UT)
3 25 Odisha 30+01**
8 Delhi (UT) 2 26 Puducherry
(UT) 4
9 Goa 2 27 Punjab 22+01**
10 Gujarat 33+01** 28 Rajasthan 33+02**
11 Haryana 21 29 Sikkim 4
12 Himachal Pradesh 12 30 Telangana 9
13 Jammu &
Kashmir (UT) 19+01** 31 Tripura 8
14 Jharkhand 24+02** 32
UT Andaman
& Nicobar
Islands
3
15 Karnataka 30+01** 33 Uttar
Pradesh 75+01**
16 Kerala 14 34 Uttarakhand 13
17 Ladakh (UT) 2 35 West Bengal 17+01**
18 Lakshadweep (UT) 1
Total 626+20**+3*= 649
** Additional JNVs sanctioned for the districts having large concentration of SC/ST
population.
* Special JNV
A maximum of eighty students are admitted in Class VI in each Vidyalaya
through a Selection Test subject to availability of suitable candidates. The
Samiti reserves the right to reduce the seats to forty or to withhold result
and/or withhold admission and/or conduct of JNVST in case adequate
accommodation is not available.
1.2 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test - 2024
JNV Selection Test for admission to Class-VI in JNVs for the academic session
2024-25 will be held in two phases as given below:
a. On Saturday, the 04th November, 2023 at 11.30 A.M. in the States of Jammu
and Kashmir (except Jammu-I, Jammu-II, Samba & Udhampur), Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and in the Districts of Dibang Valley and Tawang
of Arunachal Pradesh, in the Districts of Chamba, Kinnaur, Mandi, Sirmour,
Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti and Shimla of Himachal Pradesh, in the District of
Darjeeling of West Bengal, and Leh & Kargil districts of UT Ladakh .
b. On Saturday, 20th January, 2024 at 11.30 A.M. in the State of Andhra
Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (except Dibang Valley & Tawang
Districts), Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh
(except Chamba, Kinnaur, Mandi, Sirmour, Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti and Shimla
Districts), Jammu & Kashmir (only for Jammu-I, Jammu-II, Samba &
Udhampur) Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Manipur, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand & West Bengal (except Darjeeling), Union Territories of
Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman &
Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Pudducherry.
The last date to submit online application is 10th August, 2023.
Procedure to register online for JNV Selection Test 2024
The process for submission of application for JNV Selection Test has been
simplified through online process. Registration can be done free of cost
through the admission portal of NVS linked through https://navodaya.gov.in
Candidates & parents have to go through the notification cum prospectus and
ensure the fulfillment of eligibility criteria.
The following documents in soft form (JPG format of size between 10 to 100 kb)
may be kept ready for registration:
Certificate verified by the Head Master mentioning the details of
candidate in the prescribed format
Photograph
Signature of parent
Signature of candidate
Aadhaar details/ Residence certificate issued by competent Government
authority.
Basic details of candidate like State, District, Block, Aadhaar number, etc. are
to be filled in the application portal. The eligible candidates have to fill up the online form and upload the verified
certificate with the photograph along with signatures of both candidate and
his/her parent. The verification of the information provided by the parent in the
certificate will be done by the Head Master of the School where the candidate
is studying in class V. The certificate should be uploaded in jpg format of the
size between10-100 kb only.
In case of candidates from NIOS, candidates should obtain `B’ certificate and
he/she should be a bonafide resident of the same district where he/she is
seeking admission.
Online platform is in open source and free of cost. Application may be
submitted from any source like desktop, laptop, mobile, tablet etc.
In all JNVs, a help desk will be available to assist the candidates/parents to
upload application free of cost. Parents may also approach the help desk in
JNV along with candidate and required documents such as verified certificate
with photograph along with signature of both candidate and his/her parent
and a mobile phone with valid active mobile number for receiving the OTP,
registration number and password through SMS for registration process.
All the efforts are to be made to provide correct information in the portal
which may be substantiated at the time of admission after selection with
supporting documents.
Since online data is being captured, it is requested to fill the data in online
application form with due care. In case of discrepancy between the data in
the online application form and information in the certificate attached, the
information submitted in the online application form will be taken as final for
further processing.
The correction window to modify the information filled in the selected areas will
be opened for two days subsequent upon the last date of submission of
application form. The information of opening correction window will be
uploaded in NVS website/registration portal.
It is intimated to all concerned that verification of proofs for residence of
District, age, eligibility including district of study, category (Rural/urban & OBC,
SC, ST, Divyang) etc. as per norms will be done for all provisionally selected
candidates through the laid down procedure after the declaration of results.2.2 Issue of Admit Cards
The admit cards will be made available as per date decided by NVS in due
course which will be displayed on application portal. The admit cards shall
be downloaded free of cost by the candidates/parents before the
conduct of JNVST.
2.3 Result of the Selection Test
The result of JNV Selection Test 2024 is expected to be announced by
March/April, 2024. Candidates can get the result from the application
portal. The result will also be displayed in the offices of the concerned:
i. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
ii. District Education Officer
iii. District Magistrate
iv. Deputy Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti of the Region.
v. The website of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti www.navodaya.gov.in.
The Principal, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya concerned, will also inform
the provisionally selected candidates through SMS on the registered mobile
number followed by a speed post.
NVS will release only two wait lists against vacancies which may arise due
to unwillingness and non-submission of basic essential certificates by the
provisionally selected candidates. The entire admission process for the
session 2024-25 will be closed latest by 31st December, 2024.
PROVISIONAL SELECTION AND ADMISSION
3.1) Provisional selection in the test will not vest any right on the candidate to
secure admission into the JNV. At the time of seeking actual admission,
each provisionally selected candidate will have to produce all relevant
original certificates, as prescribed by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. Until
admission, the selection is provisional only. Candidates are advised to
apply for TC from parent school, only after the verification of documents
and confirmation of admission by the respective JNV.
3.2) In case of any dispute, the decision of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti shall be
final and binding on the candidates and no correspondence to this effect
shall be entertained.
3.3) There is no provision for re-evaluation of the answer scripts or re-totaling of
marks, since the result is processed through computer and sufficient care is taken to ensure accuracy through various checks while processing the
result.
3.4) It may also be noted by the candidates and their parents that under the
scheme of NVS, students of a JNV located in Hindi speaking State may
have to be migrated to another JNV in Non-Hindi Speaking State and viceversa
for one academic year when the students are promoted to Class IX.
In case of refusal by the students/ parents selected for migration,
continuation of such students in JNV will not be allowed.
3.5) The candidates and their parents may note that the children provisionally
selected on the basis of the Test will be admitted, only in the JNV located in
the district from where they are residing and studying in class V and
appearing for the JNVST. Under no circumstances, the provisionally
selected candidate will be given admission to any other JNV. No request
for shifting of students on account of medium of instruction in the JNV
concerned, shifting of parents to other districts / States etc. will be
entertained. All provisionally selected candidates must submit the
residence proof of the district where he/she has studied class V and
applied for JNVST. He/She has to produce a copy of the birth certificate
issued by Government authority concerned at the time of admission.
3.6) Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST)
and Other Backward Class (OBC) will have to produce a certificate of
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/OBC at the time of seeking admission, if
provisionally selected. The candidates provisionally selected under OBC
quota have to submit OBC certificate as per prescribed format of Central
List (Copy Annexed). Such certificate should be obtained from the
competent authority well in advance, so that it may be submitted to the
Principal of JNV concerned at the time of verification of document.
3.7) Candidates applying for admission under Rural Category will have to
produce a certificate of competent authority to the effect that the
school(s) where candidates studied classes III,IV and V is located in Rural
Area.
3.8) Candidates belonging to the Divyang category (Orthopedically
Handicapped, Hearing Impaired and Visually Handicapped), if
provisionally selected, will have to produce a medical certificate signed by WHO IS ELIGIBLE
FOR ALL CANDIDATES:
4.1 (a) Admission of candidate to class VI in a JNV is district specific. A
candidate who is studying class V in a district is allowed to apply for
admission to JNV in the same district only. Only the bonafide resident
candidates from the district concerned where the Jawahar Navodaya
Vidyalaya has been located and studying class V in the same district are
eligible to apply for admission. The valid residential proof as notified by
Govt. of India of the parent of the same district where the candidate has
studied class V and appeared for the JNVST is to be submitted by the
provisionally selected candidate at the time of admission. However, if the
district where JNV is opened is bifurcated at a later date, the old
boundaries of the district are considered for the purpose of eligibility for
admission into JNVST, in case a new Vidyalaya is not opened in the newly
bifurcated district yet.
(b) Candidate has to reside in the district where he/she is seeking
admission in the JNV located in the same District. Bonafide residence
certificate of the parent is to be submitted at the time of verification of
documents after the provisional selection.
(c) Candidate has to study class V in any of the Govt. or Govt.
recognized schools located in the same District during 2023-24.
(d) Candidates who have passed class V before the session 2023-24 or
repeated candidates are not allowed. NVS has the right to compare the
application data of previous year(s) to identify the repeater candidates. If
noticed, such candidates will not be allowed to appear for JNVST 2024.
FOR RURAL CANDIDATES
A) 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 criteria.
B) 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 sought.
C) Candidates studying under the schemes of National Institute of Open
Schooling should produce their rural status certificate issued by District
Magistrate/Tehsildar/Block Development Officer indicating that the child
has been residing & studied in rural areas for the last three years.
FOR URBAN CANDIDATES
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. Urban areas are those which are so defined by any Government
notifications on the last date of submission of application for JNVST registration. All
other areas will be considered as rural.
FOR TRANSGENDER CANDIDATES
No separate reservation for transgender category candidates is provided
and they will be included in Boys category for reservation purpose, under various
sub-categories viz Rural, Urban, OBC, SC, ST and Divyang.
RESERVATION OF SEATS
a) At least 75% of the seats in a district are filled by candidates provisionally
selected from rural areas of the district. The remaining seats are open which
will be filled from Urban and Rural Area candidates of the districts on the
basis of merit.
DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED AFTER SELECTION
The parents of the candidates who are provisionally selected for
admission will have to submit the following documents at the time of
admission for verification: -
i. Proof for date of birth -The copy of Birth Certificate issued by competent
Government Authority concerned.
ii. Proofs for eligibility as per the conditions of NVS.
iii. For candidates seeking admission under rural quota, the parents will also
have to submit a certificate from the competent authority to the effect
that the child had studied class III, IV and V in an Institution/ School
located in a rural area.
iv. Residence Certificate: The valid residential proof (as notified Govt. of
India) of the parent of the same District where the JNV is located &
candidate has studied class V shall be furnished.
v. Copy of Aadhaar Card of the candidate: As per section 7 of Aadhaar
act, 2016, the provisionally selected candidate has to submit the copy of
Aadhaar Card to get admission under the Navodaya Vidyalaya
Scheme.
vi. Certificate by the Head Master of the school regarding study details of
class III, IV & V.
vii. Medical fitness certificate.
viii. Undertaking for Migration
ix. Disability certificate (if applicable)
x. Category/community certificate (SC/ST) if applicable.
xi. Category/community certificate OBC, as per central list if applicable.
(Format Attached)
Note: - The TC from parent school after the verification of documents and
confirmation of admission by the respective JNV is to be submitted
after getting counter signature of District Education Authorities
(DEO/BEO etc.).
ABOUT THE SELECTION TEST
1. Centre for Examination
Each candidate shall appear for the selection test at the examination
center allotted to him/her as indicated on the Admit Card. No candidate is
permitted to appear from any other center. No request for change of center will
be entertained. No candidate can appear in the selection test without proper
Admit Card. Admit card may be downloaded from the website of NVS, HQ –
www.navodaya.gov.in through application portal.
2. The candidate will be permitted to appear for the selection test only on the
production of either the Aadhar Card of the candidate or Govt. approved
residence certificate of the parent uploaded in the application portal.
3. The photo on the Admit Card shall be matched with the candidate at the
time of verification by the invigilator at examination centre.
Language of the Examination
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test is conducted in various
languages State/UT wise as given below:
Name of the State/UT Languages
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS Hindi, English, Tamil, Urdu, Bengali
ANDHRA PRADESH Hindi, English, Telugu, Marathi, Urdu, Oriya,
Kannada
ARUNACHAL PRADESH English, Hindi
ASSAM English, Hindi, Assamese, Bodo, Garo, Bengali,
Manipuri(Bangla Script), Manipuri (Meitei Mayek)
BIHAR English, Hindi, Urdu
CHANDIGARH English, Hindi, Punjabi
CHHATTISGARH English, Hindi
DELHI English, Hindi
GOA English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada
GUJARAT English, Hindi, Gujrati, Marathi
HARYANA English, Hindi
HIMACHAL PRADESH English, Hindi
JAMMU AND KASHMIR English, Hindi, Urdu
JHARKHAND English, Hindi, Urdu, Oriya
KARNATAKA Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Urdu,
Malayalam, Tamil
KERALA Hindi, English, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
LAKSHADWEEP Hindi, English, Malayalam
MADHYA PRADESH English, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Gujarati
MAHARASHTRA English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Urdu, Telugu,
Gujrati, Bengali
MANIPUR English, Hindi, Manipuri (Meitei Mayek)
MEGHALAYA English, Hindi, Khasi, Garo, Bengali, Assamese
MIZORAM English, Hindi, Mizo
NAGALAND English, Hindi
ODISHA English, Hindi, Telugu, Oriya, Urdu
PUDUCHERRY English, Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam, Hindi
PUNJAB English, Hindi, Punjabi
RAJASTHAN English, Hindi
SIKKIM English, Hindi, Nepali
TELANGANA Hindi, English, Telugu, Kannada, Marati, Urdu
TRIPURA English, Hindi, Bengali
UT Ladakh English, Hindi, Urdu
UT OF DADAR & NAGAR HAVELI
and Daman and Diu English, Hindi, Gujrati, Marathi
UTTAR PRADESH English, Hindi, Urdu
UTTARAKHAND English, Hindi, Urdu
WEST BENGAL English, Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, Urdu
NOTE: - A CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN A TEST BOOKLET IN THE LANGUAGE WHICH
HE/SHE HAS MENTIONED IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM. Composition of the Test
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.
Type of Test
Number of
Questions
Marks Duration
Mental ability
Test 40 50 60 Minutes
Arithmetic Test 20 25 30 Minutes
Language Test 20 25 30 Minutes
Total 80 100 2 Hours
A single test booklet comprising of all the three sections will be given to each
candidate. Additional time of 40 minutes will be allowed for “Divyang
students” (differently-abled students)
6. Method of Recording Answers
a) A separate OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) answer sheet will be provided.
Candidates are required to indicate their answers at an appropriate place
on the OMR sheet. A copy of specimen OMR Sheet will be uploaded in the
website of NVS.
b) Only Blue/Black Ball Point Pen is to be used to write on the OMR Sheet.
Candidates should bring their own ballpoint pens. Use of pencil is strictly
prohibited.
c) For each question, there are four probable answers, out of which only one
is correct. The candidate is required to select the correct answer and
darken the corresponding circle of the chosen answer. For example, if your
answer for Question no. 25 is C, darken the circle under C as given below.
25.
d) No change in the darkened circle is allowed. Striking, applying
white/correction fluid and erasing on the OMR sheet is also not allowed.
Such answers will not be evaluated.
e) 1.25 marks will be given for every correct answer.
f) No negative marking will be done.
Note: In order to facilitate the rural candidates, a set of sample questions under
various sections/ categories is uploaded in the NVS website
www.navodaya.gov.in under the section “Admission”.
