In accordance with the National Policy of Education (1986), Government of India started Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs). Presently JNVs are spread out in 27 States and 08 Union Territories except the State of Tamil Nadu. These are co-educational residential schools fully financed and administered by Government of India through an autonomous organization, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. Main admissions in JNVs are made through Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) to Class VI.

JNVs are affiliated to 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, Divyang 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.

(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.

🌟 Good quality modern education to talented children predominantly from rural areas.

🌟 Co-educational and fully residential, from Class VI to Class XII.

🌟 Location – usually in rural areas.

🌟 Free education including board and lodging, Uniforms, Text Books, Stationery, etc.

🌟 Affiliated to CBSE.

🌟 Implementation of Three-Language Formula.

🌟 The medium of instruction in JNVs is the mother tongue or regional language up to class VIII and thereafter English for Mathematics &
Science and Hindi/English for Social Science. Students of JNVs appear for board examinations of CBSE.

🌟 30% of students in Class-IX from a Vidyalaya located in Hindi speaking area spend one academic year in a Vidyalaya in non-Hindi speaking area and vice versa to promote national integration through understanding of the diversity and plurality of country’s culture and people

Selection Test for admission to Class IX will be conducted on Saturday, the 08th February 2025 in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya of concerned district / and / or any other centre allotted by NVS.

Result of the Selection Test may be noted from the application portal of NVS through which application is submitted. Result will be notified in the Vidyalaya Notice Board as well as published in the website of JNVS concerned. Selected candidates will also be intimated by Speed / registered post.

Who is Eligible

a) Only those candidates who are bonafide residents of the district concerned where wish to apply and should have resident of the same district.

b) Only those candidates who are bonafide residents & studying Class VIII during the Academic Session 2024-25 in one of the Govt./Govt. recognized schools of the district where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is functioning and where admission is sought, are eligible.

c) District of residence and district of class VIII study should be same in respect of candidates who desire to apply for admission to class IX (session 2025-26) in the JNV located in the same district.

d) Date of Birth of the candidate must be between 1st May 2010 to 31st July 2012 (both days inclusive). This is applicable to all categories of candidates including those who belong to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

e) Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti reserves the right to refer any candidate to a MEDICAL BOARD for confirmation of the age of the candidate, in case any doubt arises about the age on the basis of certificate produced by the candidate before confirmation of admission. The decision of the medical board will be final and binding.

f) Only Indian Nationals, who are studying Class-VIII in India in the district concerned are eligible to apply.

g) The students who have already passed class VIII in previous academic sessions are not eligible.

h) Candidates whose Date of Birth does not lie between 1stMay 2010 to 31st July 2012 (both days inclusive).

i) District of study class VIII and district of residence is different.

j) School of study class VIII is not Govt./Govt. recognized of the district where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is functioning and where admission is sought.

k) If the candidate has already applied for lateral entry test, in the previous academic session.

The existing vacant seats in the SC/ST/OBC/Divyang category as notified are reserved for the SC/ST/OBC/Divyang students. The reservation to the OBC students shall be implemented as per central list as applicable from time to time. The OBC candidates whose caste is not included in the central list should apply as General candidate. Tentative vacancy position mentioned in the notification may be referred. If suitable qualified candidates in a particular category are not available, candidates will be selected for admission as per NVS criteria.

◆ The candidate can fill the online application form directly on NVS website www.navodaya.gov.in. Last date to apply for class IX Lateral Entry Selection is 30th October, 2024.

◆ Candidates/ parents are advised to go through the notification cum prospectus before applying and ensure the fulfillment of eligibility criteria. Please note that selection test is against the vacant seats only, subject to availability of accommodation in the JNV concerned.

The following documents in soft form (JPG format of size between 10 to 100 kb) may be kept ready for registration:

Photograph Signature of parent Signature of candidate

◆ Basic details of candidate like State, District (residence and study), Aadhaar number, study details of class VIII, APAAR ID/PEN, address etc. are to be filled in the application portal.

◆ The eligible candidates have to fill up the online form and upload the photograph along with signatures of both candidate and his/her parent.

◆ 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 is available to assist the candidates/parents to upload application of candidates free of cost. Parents may approach the help desk in JNV along with candidate and required documents such as photograph along with signature of both candidate and his/her parent.

◆ All 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.

◆ Admission of provisionally selected students is subject to passing Class-VIII during the Session 2024-25 and submission of necessary supporting documents as per the information provided by the candidate/ parent in the online application form.

◆ Since online data is being captured for all purposes, it is requested to fill the data in online application form with due care. The information submitted in the online application form will be taken as final for further processing. NVS will not be responsible for any wrong information filled on the part of the candidate in the online application form. The candidature of the student for admission will be subject to the due verification of the information filled by the candidate through the supportive requisite documents.

◆ Complying with the order of Hon'ble High Court of Allahabad passed in W.P. No. 11591/2023 titled Shreyam Jaiswal Vs Uol & Ors, FIR can be filed for furnishing the wrong information deliberately to create / extend any claim / right, for which candidate is not legally entitled to.

◆ The correction window to modify the information in the selected fields only will be opened for two days after the last date of submission of application form. After this, no modification will be allowed and the candidature will be cancelled out rightly, if provisionally selected.

◆ It is intimated to all concerned that verification of proofs of residence of District, age, pass certificate, 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. Only after verification, admission will be confirmed.

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. The selection is provisional only, until admission is confirmed. Candidates are advised to apply for TC from parent school, only after the verification of documents and confirmation of admission by the respective JNV.

②. In case of any dispute, the decision of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti shall be final and binding on the candidates.

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. Marks scored in the selection test will not be communicated.

④. All students must submit the residence proof issued by competent Govt. authority of the district where he/she has studied class VIII and applied for Lateral Entry Selection Test.

⑤. If it is found that the provisionally selected candidate has submitted any fraudulent document at the time of verification, no admission will be given to the candidate. Further, if any candidate has suppressed / hide any information or submitted fraudulent document and later on it is found that the information or document(s) is fraudulent or not as per NVS admission norms, then his/her admission will be cancelled at any stage even if he/she has taken the admission.

⑥. Date of birth of the candidate must be between 1st May 2010 to 31st July 2012 (both days inclusive). He/She has to produce a copy of the birth certificate issued by Government authority concerned at the time of admission. In case of doubtful cases of overage, they may be referred to the Medical Board for confirmation of the age. The decision of the medical board will be treated as final and binding.

⑦. Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Class (OBC) & Divyang category will have to produce a certificate from competent authority to support their claim at the time of seeking admission, if provisionally selected. Candidates selected under OBC category will have to submit the OBC certificate of central list as issued by Govt. of India. 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. The candidates belonging to OBC category, have to submit the OBC certificate whose category is mentioned in the Central list for OBC.

⑧. Candidates applying for admission under Rural Category will have to produce a certificate issued by competent authority of District Administration to the effect that the school where candidate has studied Class-VIII is located in Rural Area.

⑨. Candidates belonging to the Divyang category (Orthopaedic, Hearing and Visual), if provisionally selected, will have to produce a medical certificate signed by Chief Medical Officer of the District concerned at the time of admission in appropriate format.

⑩. Candidates belonging to transgender category will have to submit a certificate from the competent authority prescribed by the concerned State Govt. with regard to their gender. No separate reservation is made for this category.

⑪. No request for change of JNV/category/Area/Gender etc. will be entertained and the candidature will be considered only on the basis of data provided at the time of registration.

I. Under purview of section 4(4) (b) (ii) of Aadhaar act for which Ministry of Electronics& Information Technology (Meity) has notified the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020 on 05-08-2020 and in pursuance of section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016), a child desires of availing the benefits under the scheme shall be required to furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication. Necessary notifications vide no. 33004/99 dated 09.01.2023 and dated 21.10.2022 in respect of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti have already been released by the respective Ministry. Any child who does not possess the Aadhaar Number or has not yet enrolled for Aadhaar, shall be required to make application for Aadhaar Enrolment before registering for the scheme, provided that he/she is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per section 3 of the said Act and such children shall visit any Aadhaar Enrolment centre (list available at UIDAI website: www.uidai.gov.in) to get enrolled for Aadhaar. The JNVs are also having facility to register for Aadhaar Enrolment. This facility may be used for Aadhaar enrolment with necessary documents by the candidates.

 Date of Examination – Saturday, 08th February 2025.

 Duration – 2½ hours. However, in respect of candidates with special needs (Divyang), additional time of 50 minutes will be provided, subject to the production of certificates from the competent authority.

 Centre for examination shall be the JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA of the district concerned/ any other centre allotted by NVS.

 Medium of Language for Examination will be English/Hindi. Medium of language shall not be changed after filling up the form.

 Students have to answer in OMR sheet.

The parents of the provisionally selected candidates for admission to class IX through lateral entry selection test will have to submit the following documents at the time of admission for verification: -

➊. Proof for date of birth The copy of Birth Certificate issued by competent Government Authority concerned.

➋. Proofs for eligibility as per the norms / conditions of NVS.

➌.For candidates seeking admission under rural quota, the parents will also have to submit a certificate from the competent authority of District Administration to the effect that the child had studied class VIII in an Institution/School located in a rural area.

➍. Residence Certificate: The valid residential proof (as notified by Govt. of India) of the parent of the same District where the JNV is located & candidate has studied class VIII shall be furnished.

➎. 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 his/her Aadhaar Card;

➏. Certificate by the Head Master of the school regarding study details.

➐. Medical fitness certificate from the competent authority.

➑. Divyang certificate (if applicable).

➒. Category/community certificate OBC, as per central list if applicable. (Format Attached).