About Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV)

In accordance with the National Policy of Education (1986) Government of India started Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs). Presently the JNVs are spread in 28 States and 07 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) at Class VI. The medium of instruction in JNVs is the mother tongue or regional language up to Class VIII and English thereafter for Maths and Science and Hindi for Social Science. Students of the JNVs appear for X and XII class examinations of the Central Board of Secondary Education. While education in the schools is free including boarding, lodging, uniforms and textbooks, a nominal fee of Rs.200/- per month will have to be paid by the children from IX to XII class. However, children belonging to SC/ST, Girls and disabled and from the families whose income is below poverty line are exempted from payment of fees. Objective of the JNV

• 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.
• To ensure that students attain a reasonable level of competency in three languages.
• To promote national integration through migration of students from Hindi to non-Hindi speaking State and vice-versa.
• To serve in each district as focal point for improvement of quality of school education in general through sharing of experiences and facilities.

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HOW TO APPLY FOR JNV SELECTION TEST

How to get an Application Form? Application forms for admission may be made on the prescribed Application Form (attached with the prospectus) available free of cost from:

• Block Education Officer (BEO)
• District Education Officer (DEO)
• Headmaster of any Govt. / Govt. aided / NIOS where he/she is studying.
• Principal, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya.

In case of non-availability of JNVST prescribed Application Form from the above, you may copy the format of Application Form on plain paper (preferably 21cm x 30cm) from our website at the address www.nvshq.org.

Issue of Admit Cards

Admit Cards, duly prepared by the Principal, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya will be issued to the candidates through the office of the Block Education Officer. Candidates, who do not receive their Admit cards one week before the JNVST should immediately contact to Principal, JNV/BEO/DEO for the same.

FOR RURAL CANDIDATES

1. At least 75% of the seats in a district will be filled by candidates selected from rural areas and remaining seats will be filled from the urban areas of the district.
2. A candidate seeking admission under the rural quota must have studied in Classes-III, IV and V completing full academic session from the recognized school(s) located in rural areas.
3. 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.

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 in 2011 census or through a subsequent Government Notification. 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, SC, ST and PH.

ABOUT THE SELECTION TEST

Centre for Examination

Each candidate shall appear for the selection test at the examination centre allotted to him/her as indicated on the Admit Card. No candidate is permitted to appear from any other centre. No request for change of centre will be entertained. No candidate can appear in the selection test without the proper Admit Card. The competent authority for issuing the Admit Card is Principal, JNV.

Language of the Examination

The language/medium of the examination for the candidate will be the medium through which the candidate is studying in Class-V. A candidate will be given a test booklet in the language he/she has mentioned in the application form and admit card. It must be ensured that Same Medium of Examination/Language is written in the Application Form (Col.10) and Admit Card (Col.1). The test booklet is available in the following languages:

1.		Assamese	2.	Bengali	3.	Bodo
4.		English	5.	Garo	6.	Gujarati
7.		Hindi	8.	Kannada	9.	Khasi
10.		Malayalam	11.	Manipuri	12.	Marathi
13.		Mizo	14.	Oriya	15.	Punjabi
16.		Sindhi (Arabic)	17.	Sindhi (Devanagari)	18.	Tamil
19.		Telugu	20.	Urdu	21.	Nepali

Composition of Test

The selection test will be of two-hour duration and will have 3 sections with only objective type questions. There are 100 questions in all of 100 marks. Each question carries one mark:

Type of Test	Marks		Duration		Time
Mental ability Test	50	50		60 Minutes
Arithmetic Test	25	25		30 Minutes
Language Test	25	25		30 Minutes
Total	100	100		2 Hours