JNV Selection Test 2026 Notification

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) Selection Test 2026 Examination dates:

• JNV Selection Test for admission to Class-VI in JNVs for the academic session 2026-27 will be held in two phases as given below:

1. On Saturday, 13th December, 2025 at 11.30 A.M. in the State of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (except Dibang Valley & Tawang Districts), Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh (except Chamba, Kinnaur, Mandi, Sirmour, Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti, Solan and Shimla Districts), Jammu & Kashmir (only for Jammu-I, Jammu-II, Samba & Udhampur) Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand & West Bengal (except Darjeeling), Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Puducherry.
2. On Saturday, 11th April, 2026 at 11.30 A.M. in the States of Jammu and Kashmir (except Jammu-I, Jammu-II, Samba & Udhampur), Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and in the Districts of Dibang Valley and Tawang of Arunachal Pradesh, in the Districts of Chamba, Kinnaur, Mandi, Sirmour, Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti, Solan and Shimla of Himachal Pradesh, in the District of Darjeeling of West Bengal, and Leh & Kargil districts of UT Ladakh.

Last date:

• The last date to submit online application is 13th August, 2025.

Procedure to register online for JNV Selection Test 2026

• The process for submission of application for JNV Selection Test has been simplified through online process. Registration can be done free of cost through the admission portal of NVS linked through https://navodaya.gov.in
• Candidates & parents have to go through the notification cum prospectus and ensure the fulfilment of eligibility criteria.
• 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, Aadhaar details/ Residence certificate issued by competent Government authority.
• Basic details of candidate like State, District, Block, Aadhaar number, APAAR Id, PEN number 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. The certificate should be uploaded in jpg format of the size between10-100 kb only.
• In case of candidates from NIOS, candidates should obtain `B’ certificate and he/she should be a Bonafide resident of the same district where he/she is seeking admission.
• Online platform is in open source and free of cost. Application may be submitted from any source like desktop, laptop, mobile, tablet etc.

Issue of Admit Cards

• The admit cards will be made available as per date decided by NVS in due course which will be displayed on application portal. The admit cards shall be downloaded free of cost by the candidates/parents before the conduct of JNVST 2026.

Result of the Selection Test

• The result of JNV Selection Test 2026 is expected to be announced by end of March, 2026 for Summer bound JNVs & May, 2026 for Winter bound JNVs. Candidates can get the result from the application portal. The result will also be displayed in the offices of the concerned:

1. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
2. District Education Officer
3. District Magistrate
4. Deputy Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti of the Region.
5. The website of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti www.navodaya.gov.in.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE 

1. Admission of candidate to class VI in a JNV is district specific. A candidate who is studying class V in a district is allowed to apply for admission to JNV in the same district only. Only the Bonafide resident candidates from the district concerned where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya has been located and studying class V in the same district are eligible to apply for admission to JNVs through JNVST. The valid residential proof as notified by Govt. of India of the parent of the same district where the candidate has studied class V and appeared for the JNVST is to be submitted by the provisionally selected candidate at the time of admission. However, if the district where JNV is opened 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 is not opened in the newly bifurcated district yet.
2. Candidate has to reside in the district where he/she is seeking admission in the JNV located in the same District. Bonafide residence certificate of the parent is to be submitted at the time of verification of documents after the provisional selection.
3. Candidate has to study class V in any of the Govt. or Govt. recognized schools located in the same District during 2025-26.
4. Candidates who have passed class V before the session 2025-26 or repeated candidates are not allowed. NVS has the right to compare the application data of previous year(s) to identify the repeater candidates. If noticed, admission of such candidates will not be allowed to JNVs through JNVST 2026

A candidate seeking admission must not have been born before 01-05-2014 and after 31-07-2016 (Both dates are inclusive). The provisionally selected candidate has to produce a copy of the birth certificate issued by Government authority concerned at the time of admission. This will apply to candidates of all categories, including those who belong to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Class (OBC) & Divyang. In case of doubtful cases of overage in comparison to the age recorded in the certificate, the candidate may be referred to the Medical Board for confirmation of the age. The decision of the medical board will be treated as binding & final.

FOR RURAL CANDIDATES

1. At least 75% of the seats in a district will be filled by candidates provisionally selected from Rural Areas of the district. The remaining seats are open which will be filled on merit from both Urban and Rural Area candidates of the district as per selection criteria.
2. A candidate seeking admission under the rural quota must have studied in Classes-III, IV and V completing full academic session from the Government/ Government Aided/Government recognized schools located in rural areas. However, the candidate should study full academic session under rural area in Class-V from the same district where admission is being sought.
3. Candidates studying under the schemes of National Institute of Open Schooling should produce their rural status certificate issued by District Magistrate/Tehsildar/Block Development Officer indicating that the child has been residing & studied in rural areas for the last three years.

FOR URBAN CANDIDATES

• A candidate who has studied in a school located in an urban area even for a single day of session in Class-III, IV and V will be considered as an urban candidate. Urban areas are those which are so defined by any Government notifications on the last date of submission of application for JNVST registration. All other areas will be considered as rural.

Composition of the Selection Test

• The selection test will be of two-hour duration from 11:30 AM to 01:30 PM and will have 3 sections with only objective type questions. There are 80 questions in all for 100 marks.

A single test booklet comprising of all the three sections will be given to each candidate. Additional time of 40 minutes will be allowed for “Divyang students” (differently-abled students)

DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED AFTER SELECTION

The parents of the candidates who are provisionally selected for admission will have to submit the following documents at the time of admission for verification: –

• Proof for date of birth -The copy of Birth Certificate issued by competent Government Authority concerned.
• Proofs for eligibility as per the conditions of NVS.
• For candidates seeking admission under rural quota, the parents will also have to submit a certificate from the competent authority to the effect that the child had studied class III, IV and V in an Institution/ School located in a rural area.
• Residence Certificate: The valid residential proof (as notified Govt. of India) of the parent of the same District where the JNV is located & candidate has studied class V shall be furnished.
• 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 Aadhaar Card to get admission under the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme.
• Certificate by the Head Master of the school regarding study details of class III, IV & V.
• Medical fitness certificate.
• Undertaking for Migration
• Disability certificate (if applicable)
• Category/community certificate (SC/ST) if applicable.
• Category/community certificate OBC, as per central list if applicable. (Format Attached)

Note: The TC from parent school after the verification of documents and confirmation of admission by the respective JNV is to be submitted after getting counter signature of District Education Authorities (DEO/BEO etc.).

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JNV Selection Test 2026 Notification/ Prospectus

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