The admission process for class 6 students has officially started for the session of 2025.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) has officially opened the admission process for Class 6 students for the academic year 2025. Interested students and their parents can now apply online through the official website, Navodaya.gov.in. The application form for the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) for Class 6 admission is also accessible on cbseitms.nic.in.
To secure a spot in one of the prestigious Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, students must complete the application process online within the stipulated time. The admission process includes specific guidelines and rules that applicants must adhere to, ensuring a smooth and successful application.
- Students can take admission only in Navodaya Vidyalaya located in their district. It is also necessary to fill out the residence certificate while submitting the form.
- To be eligible for admission to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in class 6, a candidate must have completed full-time studies in classes 3,4, and 5 from a government, government-aided, or recognized school and must have successfully passed each of these classes.
- Students will only get one chance to appear in the Navodaya Vidyalaya entrance exam.
- 75 per cent of the seats in Navodaya Vidyalaya are reserved for students coming from the rural areas of the district. The remaining 25% of seats will be filled based on the merit of candidates from both urban and rural areas as per the reservation criteria of the district.
- To gain admission in Navodaya Vidyalaya through rural quota, the students must pass the 3rd, 4th and 5th standard from a government, government-aided, or government-recognised school situated in the rural area of that district.
- Students who have completed their education up to the 3rd, 4th and 5th standards in a school located in an urban area will be considered as belonging to the Urban area.
Students will be selected based on the entrance test. The name of this exam of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST).
In every branch of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, 75 per cent of the seats are reserved for students from rural areas. Furthermore, there is a provision to give reservations for students belonging to the scheduled castes, and scheduled tribes in proportion to the population of the district. Nevertheless, the national ratio for these reservations must not be less than 15 per cent for SCs and 75 per cent for STs, and the combined reservation for both should not exceed 50 per cent. Additionally, there is a compulsory reservation of one-third of the total seats for girls.
