JNVST 2025 - Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test acronym JNV Selection Test is held on an All India basis for admission to Class VI in JNVs every year.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test 2025 Important Dates
Date of Notification & Start of Online Registration
Last Date of Submission of Application Form
Date of Entrance Exam
Date of Declaration of Result
JNVST 2025 was held on-
- 20th January 2024 - Phase 2
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test 2025 Eligibility
Educational Qualification
- Aspiring candidates appearing for the JNV Selection Test must be studying in Class-V for the whole of the previous academic session in a Government / Government aided or other recognized schools or schools under schemes of “Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan” or ‘B’ certificate competency course of National Institute of Open Schooling in the same district where he/she is seeking JNVST admission.
- The Schools under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan are to be sponsored by Government or Government-authorized agencies.
Schools, where students have obtained a ‘B’ certificate under the National Institute of Open Schooling, should have accreditation of NIOS.
- There is no relaxation in the age limit for any category This will apply to candidates of all categories, including those who belong to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
Note
- A candidate claiming admission to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test under rural quota must have studied and passed classes III, IV and V from a Government / Government aided/recognized school spending one full academic session each year in a school located in the rural area.
- The rural status of a child from Accredited Centres / Institute of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan / National Institute of Open Schooling will be decided on the basis of a certificate to be issued by the Tehsildar / District Magistrate of the District indicating that the child has been residing in rural areas for the last three years.
- Students studying under the above scheme from urban and notified areas are not eligible for obtaining a seat in the rural quota.
Imp: No candidate is eligible to appear in the JNVST Exam a Second time, under any circumstances.
Other Eligibility Conditions
- Only the candidates from the district concerned where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya has been opened are eligible to apply for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test admission.
- However, in the district where JNV is opened and 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 has not started in the newly bifurcated district as yet.
JNV Selection Test 2025 Syllabus
JNV Selection Test will consist of questions from
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Arithmetic
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Mental Ability |
The Language of the level 5th Class Syllabus |
JNV Selection Test 2025 Pattern
- Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test will be of 2 Hr, containing 3 sections with only objective type questions.
- There are 100 questions in all of 100 marks.
- Each question carries one mark:
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Type of Test
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Mental Ability Test |
Arithmetic Test |
Language Test |
Total |
| No. of Questions |
50 |
25
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25 |
100 |
Marks
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50 |
25
|
25 |
100 |
Duration
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60 |
60
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30 |
2 Hr |
- A separate Answer sheet will be provided. Candidates are required to indicate their answers at an appropriate place on the answer sheet itself.
- The Answer sheet will be of intelligence Character Recognition (ICR) / Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Sheet.
- A copy of the specimen Answer Sheet is enclosed.
- Only a Blue / Black Ball Point Pen is to be used to write on the answer sheet. Use of pencil is strictly prohibited.
Imp: No negative marking will be done in the JNV Selection Test.
How to Apply For JNV Selection Test 2025?
The aspiring candidate can apply on the Application forms available free of cost from the following places:
- Block Education Officer (BEO)
- District Education Officer (DEO)
- The headmaster of any Government / Government aided / Recognized Accredited Institute / Centre of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan / NIOS where he/she is studying.
- Principal, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya.
In case of non-availability of the JNVST prescribed Application Form from the above, you may copy the format of the Application Form of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test plain paper ( preferably 21cm x 30cm ) from our JNVST Official Website i.e., http://www.navodaya.nic.in in or the newspaper advertisement and apply.
JNVST Admit Cards
- Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test 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 of JNVST one week before the JNV Selection Test, should immediately contact the Principal, JNV / BEO / DEO for the same.
JNVST Seat Reservation
- At least 75% of the seats of the Jawar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test in a district are filled by candidates selected from rural areas and the remaining JNVST Seats are filled from urban areas of the district.
- Reservation of JNVST Seats in favour of children belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is provided in proportion to their population in the concerned district provided that no district, such reservation will be less than the national average (15% for SC and 7.5% for ST) but subject to a maximum of 50% for both the categories (SC & ST) taken together.
- These JNV Selection Test Reservations are interchangeable and over and above the candidates selected under open merit.
- There is a provision for JNVST Reservation of 3% seats for disabled children (i.e. Orthopedically Handicapped, Hearing Impaired and Visually Handicapped).
Note: One-third of the total seats of the JNV Selection Test are filled up by girls.
JNV Selection Test 2025 Exam Centres
JNV Selection Test will be held at the following given test centres:
- Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (except Tawang District)
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Delhi
- Goa, Gujarat
- Haryana, Himachal Pradesh (except Chamba, Kinnaur, Mandi, Sirmour, Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti and Shimla Districts)
- Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir (except Leh & Kargil)
- Kerala, Karnataka
- Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Orissa
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal
- West Bengal (except Darjeeling)
- Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Pondicherry
JNV Selection Test 2025 Contact Details
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
B-15, Institutional Area
Sector-62, Noida-201307
Gautam Buddha Nagar
Uttar Pradesh
Ph:0120-2405968, 2405969
Fax: 0120-2405922
Web: http://www.navodaya.nic.in/
