JNVST 2020 postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak

10-Apr-2020

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Selection Test (JNVST) 2020 has been postponed which was scheduled to be conducted for admission to class 6 for Winter-bound JNVs.

The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) had scheduled the JNVST for class 6 admission on April 11, 2020. The rescheduled date will be announced later.

JNVST 2020: Exam Centres

• The second phase JNVST was for JNVs in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand.
• In the districts of Dibang Valley and Tawang of Arunachal Pradesh,
• In Chamba, Kinnaur, Mandi, Sirmour, Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh,
• In Darjeeling district of West Bengal.

JNVST 2020: Paper pattern

• The JNV Selection Test 2020 is conducted in two phases.
• The exam for the first phase was held on January 11 and the results have already been announced.
• The second phase exam was going to be conducted on April 11.

The JNV selection test is held in English, Hindi and the regional languages of each state respectively. The paper consists of three sections with only objective type questions.

The duration of the selection test is two hours. The question paper has a total 80 questions carrying 100 marks. There is a Mental Ability Test which has 40 questions carrying 50 marks and is of 60 minutes duration. Then there are Arithmetic Test and Language Test with 20 questions each, carrying 25 marks each and of 30 minutes duration each.

According to the admission policy of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, at least 75 per cent of the seats in a district are filled by candidates selected from rural areas at the Block level and remaining seats are filled from open merit of the district.