Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is a group of schools for talented students predominantly from rural areas. It was established in 1986 i.e., 34 years ago. it is based in India which is managed by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, New Delhi, an autonomous organization under the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are co-educational schools. They are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. They provide classes sixth to twelfth. They are residential and they aim to find talented children in rural areas of India and provide them with the best quality education, regardless of their financial condition and social background.

It is located in every state of India except Tamil Nadu. Its chairman is Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, ministry of education. The total number of students enrolled in this public institution as of March 2019 is 265547. There are approximately 634 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas with campus size 30 acres of each school. The Uniform is off white and navy blue color. This institution does not charge any fees from its students during the stay of 7 years.

The thought of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas came in the mind of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi, with the vision of opening JNV in every district of India. It then became a part of the National Education Policy, 1986 to provide quality education with social justice. For smooth working, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) was registered as a society which is now managing the JNVs.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya result

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Education, Department of School Education and Literacy. The Chairman of the Samiti is the Hon’ble Minister of Education, Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal. JNVST Result for phase 1 has been declared and the phase 2 exam dates are yet to be announced. In Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) 2020, total of 2777504 students have registered for JNVST 2020 out of which 1994662 students appeared and 46400 have got selected. The selection ratio is 2-3% (more or less depending upon the number of candidates).

Apart from JNVST, 98.66% of students passed in class X CBSE examination.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya admit card

The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti functions through the Executive Committee under the Chairman. The Executive Committee is responsible for the management of all affairs including funds allocation. It has the authority to exercise all powers of Samiti. Two sub-committees are also there namely the Finance Committee and Academic Advisory Committee which assists the executive committee. 

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya admit card 2020

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya releases admit card some days before the selection test. Following are the details mentioned on the admit card:

• Name of the Candidate 
• Photograph
• Gender
• Date of Birth
• Category
• Conducting Authority
• Exam Name
• Date of Exam
• Exam Centre Name or Code
• Timings of the Exam
• Reporting Time
• Space for Candidate’s Signature
• Space for Invigilator’s Signature
• Important Instructions for Students

Candidate can download Admit card directly through this link-
https://navodaya.gov.in/nvs/en/Recruitment/Admit-Card/

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya admit card download

• Step1 – Visit https://navodaya.gov.in/ 
• Step2 – Go to admission notification.
• Step3 – Click on JNVST 2020-21, it will redirect to a  new page. 
• Step4 – Fill details of the registration number and password. 
• Step5 – Download JNVST admit card 2020.  

Admission in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti has eight regional offices for the Navodaya Vidyalayas which are headed by commissioners. JNVs are mainly based on rural students. At least 75% of seats in JNVs are reserved for rural students and the rest are for urban students. There are reservations for girl students as well as for the disabled. Following are the eligibility conditions:

• Only candidates from the district where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya are located are eligible to apply for admission.  
• Candidates appearing for the selection test must be in Class-V for the entire academic session in a Government or Government-Aided, other recognized school, or ‘B’ Certificate Competency Course of National Institute of Open Schooling, in the same district.
•  The candidate must be within the age group of 9 to 13 years. This applies to candidates of all categories, including those who belong to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
• The candidate claiming admission from rural quota must have studied and passed Classes- III, IV, and V from a Govt./Govt. Aided/recognized school spending one full academic session each year in a school located in a rural area.
• A candidate who has studied in a school located in an urban area even for a single day of a session in any of the Classes-III, IV or V, will be considered as an Urban area candidate. 
•  A candidate who has not been promoted and admitted to Class-V before 30th September is not eligible to apply.
• No candidate is eligible to appear in the JNV Selection Test for a second time, under any circumstances.

How to apply Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya online

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas offer no other mode of application form except online mode. There are mainly two steps in the online application process, registration, and submission of personal details. To apply online proceed as follows:

• Step1 – Visit https://navodaya.gov.in/
• Step2 – On the home screen, click on ‘Link for class VI JNVST 2021 Registration’ under ‘Admissions in JNVs’.
• Step3 – It will redirect you to a new webpage.
• Step4 – Fill in user id and create a password. Those who have not registered before click on the link ‘click here for registration phase -I’.
• Step5 – Fill the required details and upload the scanned copy of the candidate’s photo and signature, parent’s signature, and class V certificate.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST)

JNVST is conducted in 20 medium/ Languages namely Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, English, Gujarati, Garo, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Mizo, Nepali, Odiya, Punjabi, Manipuri(meiteimayek and Bengali script), Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Malayalam and Khasi. JNSVT syllabus is as follows:

• CLASS 6:

Subject	Time	weightage
mental ability	60 minutes	50%
arithmetic	30 minutes	25%
language	30 minutes	25%

• CLASS 9:

Subject	Marks
English	15
Hindi	15
Maths	35
Science	35

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya form

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Education, Department of School Education and Literacy. Some of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas have a Vidhyalaya Coordination Committee which monitors the performance of academics in a particular school. JNVST for Class 6 is conducted annually in three phases throughout the country to select the 80 most meritorious students for each JNV.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya locations

There are 634 JNV administrated by 8 regional offices located at  Bhopal, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna, Pune and Shillong.

• Bhopal Region

States	No. of JNV	Few locations
Madhya Pradesh	54	Panna, Bhopal Indore, Rampur, etc.
Chhattisgarh	28	Raipur, Dongargarh, Basdei, etc
Orissa	31	Bhubneshwar, Narla, Bagudi, etc.

• Chandigarh Region

States	No. of JNV	Few locations
Himachal Pradesh	12	Sirmaur, Shimla
Punjab	23	Patiala
Chandigarh	1	Chandigarh
Jammu & Kashmir	23	Srinagar, Doga Budgam, etc.

• Hyderabad Region

States	No. of JNV	Few locations
Andhra Pradesh	15	Peddapuram, Prakasam, etc.
Telengana	9	Nizamasagar, Warangal, etc
Karnataka	31	Yadgiri, Hassan, Haveri, etc.
KerelaPuducherry	141	Kannur, Kollam, etc.Puducherry
A&N Island	3	Middle Andaman
Lakshwadeep	1	Lakshwadeep

• Jaipur Region

States	No. of JNV	Few locations
Rajasthan	35	Nagaur, Jaipur, Karachi, etc
Haryana	21	Faridabad, JNV Jhajjar
Delhi	9	mungeshpur, JNV Jaffar Pur Kalan

• Lucknow Region

States	No. of JNV	Few locations
Uttar Pradesh	76	Kanpur, Amroha, Sitapur, etc
Uttranchal	13

• Patna Region

States	No. of JNV	Few locations
Bihar	39	Sheikhpura, Buxar, etc.
Jharkhand	26	Ranchi, Sahibganj, etc
West Bengal	20	Alipurduar, Bankura, Birbhum, etc

• Pune Region

States	No. of JNV	Few locations
Maharashtra	34	Ahmednagar, Nanded, Nashik, etc
Gujarat	34	Porbandar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, etc
Goa	2	Canacona, North goa

• Shillong Region

States	No. of JNV	Few locations
Manipur	11	Pfukhro Mao
Mizoram	8	Champhai
Arunachal Pradesh	18	Megdong
Nagaland	11	Mokokchung
Tripura	8	Fulkumari South Tripura, etc
Sikkim	4	North Sikkim, South Sikkim, etc
Assam	28	Kokrajhar, Darrang, etc
Meghalaya	12	Baghmara, Mahendraganj, etc

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya exam date

Formerly named as navodaya Vidyalaya are renamed later as “Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya” in the birth-centenary year of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India. There are approximately 634 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas with campus size 30 acres of each school. The Uniform is off white and navy blue color. This institution does not charge any fees from its students during the stay of 7 years.

Dates for phase 1 exams were:

Exam	Date
Class 6	11 January 2020
Class 9	8 February 2020

Dates for phase 2 exams are yet to be announced.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya passing marks

Since the selection ratio is 2-3% (more or less depending upon the number of candidates), it is, therefore, important to do extremely well in the selection test. For each JNV 80 students are selected out of which at least 75% of students are from the rural area and rest are from the urban area. Last year passing marks of JNVST are stated below.  

JNVST 2019 Class 6 cut off:

Category	Cut off marks
General	71-76
Other backward class (OBC)	69-70
Schedule Caste (SC)	60-68
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	52-59

JNVST 2019 Class 9 cut off:

Category	Cut off marks
General	70-75
Other backward class (OBC)	60-68
Schedule Caste (SC)	55-60
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	52-58

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya last date

The life at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is enriched with extracurricular activities like sports, cultural activities, and activities of youth organizations. A candidate must not miss this chance and should apply as soon as possible.

The last date of registration is nor announced yet.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya contact number

Although every detail about the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas is mentioned above, if you still have some doubts, you can directly contact JNV centres. Contact details are mentioned below:

• Head Quarters:

Contact number – 0120 – 2405968, 0120 – 2405969, 0120 – 2405970, 0120 – 2405971, 0120 – 2405972, 0120 – 2405973

• Regional offices:

Region	Name of DC	Contact number
Bhopal	Shri P. S. Sardar	0755-2480267, 2480535, 2489946
Chandigarh	Teena Dhir	91-172-2638838, 2638027 (F) 91-172-2638729
Hyderabad	Smt G Anusuya	040-29700571, 29700540, 29700539, 29700551 Fax: 040-29700561
Jaipur	Shri Banna Lal Morodia	91-141-2378465, 2375110
Lucknow	Zuber Ahmed	( T ) 91-522-2738692, 2738693 , 2738694 ( F ) 91-522-2738695 (E)
Patna	Dr D. S. Kumar	0612-2565085, 2565010
Shillong	Ms. Shyamaleema Dekha	0364-2500331 , 2500332 (Fax) 2500335
Pune	Shri P. Ravi Kumar	020 – 25673683, 25673684 (Fax) 25673731

FAQs

1. How many subjects are there in JNVST?
   Ans: JNVST is conducted in 20 medium/ Languages namely Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, English, Gujarati, Garo, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Mizo, Nepali, Odiya, Punjabi, Manipuri(meiteimayek and Bengali script), Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Malayalam and Khasi. Mental ability, arithmetic, and language are the subjects in JNVST.
   
   
2. Which is the difference between JNV and KV?
   Ans: Both JNV and KV are central government schools, so there is not much difference between the two except the fact that JNVs are mainly for rural children and it is fully residential. 

1. Why are there no JNV in Tamilnadu?
   Ans: Despite more than 600 JNVs across the country, Tamilnadu does have any JNV because of the observation that disproportionate importance is given to Hindi in these schools.
   
   
2. Is there any negative marking in JNVST?
   Ans: No, there is no negative marking in Jawahar Navoday Vidyalaya selection test. The test is of 100 marks. However, to get admission into JNV, the candidate must pass the cut-off.