Online applications are invited from eligible candidates for admission to class -IX & XI in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas against the vacant seats through Lateral Entry Test for the session 2026-27
General features:
▪️Co-educational and fully residential from Class VI to Class XII.
▪️Good quality modern education to talented children predominantly from rural areas.
▪️Affiliated to CBSE. Best performance in Board Examinations.
▪️Separate Hostels for Boys and Girls. Location - usually in rural areas.
▪️Free education including board and lodging. Uniforms, Text Books, Stationery, etc.
▪️Focus on Co-Curricular Activities, Games & Sports, NCC, NSS and Yoga etc. for all round personality development.
Special features:
▪️Special emphasis on quality education resulting in:
▪️JEE MAIN-2025: 4492 (37.11%) students qualified out of 12103
▪️JEE advance 2024: 1083 (34.64%) students qualified out of 3126
▪️NEET 2025: 16491 (71.37%) students qualified out of 23105
▪️Best result in Board Class X and XII (2024-25)
▪️Class X: 99.49% Class XII: 99.29%
▪️Selection of 38 NVS Alumni through UPSC examination 2025.
ELIGIBILITY:
Class IX:
▪️Only those candidates who are Bonafide residents & studying class VIII during the academic session 2025-26 in Govt./Govt. recognized schools of the district where JNV is functioning and to which they are seeking admission, are eligible.
▪️Date of birth of the candidate is to be between 01.05.2011 to 31.07.2013 (both dates inclusive). This is applicable to all categories of candidates including those who belong to SC/ST/OBC categories.
▪️Selection Test for class IX
▪️Hindi, English, Mathematics, & Science.
▪️OMR based objective type
▪️Bilingual question paper (Hindi and English)
▪️For syllabus and selection criteria, please refer to Prospectus.
Class XI
▪️The candidate must have studied Class X during the academic session 2025-26(April 2025 to March 2026 session) / 2025 (January to December 2025 session) from a Govt./ Govt. recognized school of the district where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas is functioning
▪️Born between 01.06.2009 to 31.07.2011 (Both dates inclusive).
▪️Selection Test for class XI
▪️Mental Ability, English, Mathematics, Science & Social Science
▪️OMR based objective type
▪️Bilingual question paper (Hindi and English)
▪️For syllabus and selection criteria, please refer to Prospectus.
▪️If district of Class-X study and residence are the same, only then the candidate will be considered for district level merit.
Important Dates:
▪️Last Date to apply: 23.09.2025
▪️Date of Selection Test: 07.02.2026
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