Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test

Acronym	JNVST
Type	All India district school entrance exam
Developer / administrator	Central Board of Secondary Education[1]
Knowledge / skills tested	Mental ability, arithmetic and regional language skills
Purpose	Admission to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya[1]
Year started	1986 (1986)
Duration	2 hours
Score / grade range	Marks (scaled) out of 100.
Score / grade validity	1 year
Offered	Once a year
Restrictions on attempts	Can be taken only once
Countries / regions	Over 581 centers all over India
Languages	Over 21 Indian languages
Fee	Free of cost
Website	www.nvshq.org

The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya selection test (JNVST) is the entrance examination to get admission in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya. This exam is conducted by CBSE. Candidates have to go thorough JNVST in Class-V and 80 meritorious students get admission in Class-VI. There is another JNVST that is conducted for students of Class-VIII, on qualifying which some meritorious students get admission into Class-IX depending upon the vacancies of the same JNV. JNVST for Class-VI consists of 3 sections, Mental Ability, Arithmetic and Regional language skills. The duration of the exam is two hours. There is no fee for the exam.

Eligibility Criteria

JNVST for Class-VI

There are some criteria need to be satisfied to become eligible for JNVST. The criteria are listed below. a)The candidate must be studying in Class-V in any recognised school. b)Must have studied and passed Class:III, IV and V c)There must be a JNV for the district in which the students is studying in. d)The candidate must be of age group 9 to 13 irrespective of the category. e)The candidates are allowed to sit for JNVST only once in any circumstances.

Exam Notification

Advertisement for JNVST is done through Doordarshan, India radio and local news paper. Individual school principals are also notified. The JNVST exam form can be downloaded from the official website.^[2] There is no examination fee associated with JNVST. The following JNVs don't conduct JNVST.

Reservations / Quotas

JNVST for Class-VI

A maximum 80 students get admission in any JNV with an exception of 40 number of students for the JNVs with lack of accommodation. a)75% of the seats is for rural area students and rest are for urban area students. b)Reservation for SC and ST students depends upon their population proportion with national average as the lower bound. c)One third seats are for girl students. d)3% reservation for differently abled students.

Dates and exam pattern

JNVST for Class-VI

Dates

JNVST is conducted once in a year for a JNV. It is usually conducted evry year on the first Sunday of February in 525 summer bound JNVs, in the first week of April in 53 winter bound JNVs and in first week of June in 3 extremely winter bound JNVs.

Pattern

JNVST is conducted in 21 languages. Candidates have to opt for a single medium of language. The exam consists of 3 sections namely Mental Ability, Arithmetic and Regional language skills. Mental ability consists of 50% of the weight with 60 mins of time allocated where Arithmetic and Regional language skills consists 25% of weight each with 30 mins of time allocated. The total duration of the exam is of 2 hours.

List of languages for JNVST for Class-VI.

See also

• List of Navodaya Vidyalayas
• Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

References

External links

• NVS Official Website redirected from http://www.navodaya.nic.in/
• AINAA Official Website