JNVST | JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SELECTION TEST

JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SELECTION TEST (JNVST) to Class VI for Session 2025-26. JNV is a CBSE School. 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.


Students belonging to SC/ST categories, Divyang students, all Girl students and the students whose family income is below poverty line (BPL) are
exempted. The 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 JNV School
(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.


Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test – 2025
JNV Selection Test for admission to Class-VI in JNVs for the academic session 2025-26 will be held in two phases as given below:

1) On Saturday, 12th April, 2025 at 11.30 A.M. in the States of Jammu and
Kashmir (except Jammu-I, Jammu-II & Samba), 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.
2) On Saturday, 18th January, 2025 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)
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 Pudduchery.

The last date to submit online application is 16th September, 2024.
Procedure to register online for JNV Selection Test 2025-26.
The process for submission of application for JNVST is through online process only. Registration can be done free of cost through the admission portal of NVS official website.
Candidates & parents have to go through the notification, prospectus.
The following documents in soft form (JPG format of size between 10 to 100 kb) may be kept ready for registration:

A.Certificate verified by the Head Master mentioning the details of candidate in the prescribed format.

B. Photograph

    C. Signature of parent

    D. Signature of candidate

    C. Aadhaar details/ Residence certificate issued by competent Government
    authority.
     Basic details of candidate such as State, District.
    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.

     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. Candidates are advised to apply for the specific** JNV
    only for which he/she is eligible, submission of false information in respect of
    residence and study details will lead to cancellation of candidature.
     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. No request will be entertained to correct/modify the data
    submitted by applicants as there is a provision of correction window.
     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.
    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 to JNVs through JNVST. 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 2024-25.
    (d) Candidates who have passed class V before the session 2024-25 or
    repeater candidates are not eligible to apply. NVS has the right to compare
    the application data of previous year(s) to identify the repeater candidates.
    If noticed, admission of such candidates will not be allowed to JNVs
    through JNVST 2025.
    4.2 A candidate seeking admission must not have been born before 01-05-2013
    and after 31-07-2015 (Both dates are inclusive). The provisionally selected
    candidate has to produce a copy of the birth certificate issued by
    Government authority concerned at the time of admission. 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). In case
    of doubtful cases of overage in comparison to the age recorded in the
    certificate, the candidate may be referred to the Medical Board for
    confirmation of the age. The decision of the medical board will be treated
    as binding & final.
    4.3 A candidate appearing for the selection test 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. The candidate who has not been promoted and
    admitted to class V before 31st July 2024 is not eligible to apply. The
    candidate who has already passed/studied class V in previous academic
    sessions is not eligible to apply & appear in the selection test. A school will
    be deemed recognized, if it is declared so by the Government or by any
    other agency authorized on behalf of Government. Schools where students
    have obtained ‘B’ certificate under National Institute of Open Schooling
    should have accreditation of NIOS. A candidate must successfully complete
    Class-V in the session 2024-25. Actual admission in Class-VI for the session
    2025-26 will be subject to the mentioned conditions.
    4.4 A candidate seeking admission to class VI must have studied and passed
    classes III, IV and V from a Govt. /Govt. aided/ recognized school spending
    one full academic session in each class.
    4.5 Candidates passing ‘B’ certificate competency course of National Institute
    of Open Schooling on or before15th September 2024 are also eligible to No candidate is eligible to apply for the selection test for the second time,
    under any circumstances. Particulars filled by the candidate in the
    application form will be validated & if the candidate is found repeater,
    he/she will not be allowed to appear in the selection test. Admit card for
    such candidates may not be released & his/her candidature will be
    cancelled at any stage.
    Composition of the Selection 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.

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