JNV Selection Test 2020-21

JNV Selection Test for admission to Class-VI in JNVs for the academic session 2020-21 will be held in two phases as given below:

On Saturday, the_11th January, 2020 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 and Shimla Districts), Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, & West Bengal (except Darjeeling), Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Pudducherry.

On Saturday, the 11th April, 2020 at 11.30 A.M. in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttrakhand and in the Districts of Dibang Valley and Tawang of Arunachal Pradesh, in the Districts of Chamba, Kinnaur, Mandi, Sirmour, Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti and Shimla of Himachal Pradesh, in the District of Darjeeling of West Bengal.

Eligibility Conditions

For All Candidates

Only candidates from the district where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya has been opened are eligible to apply for admission. However, in the district where the JNV is opened and is bifurcated at a later date, the old boundaries of the district are considered for the purpose of eligibility for admission in the JNVs. This applies to cases where new Vidyalaya has not yet been started in the newly bifurcated district.

A candidate seeking admission must not have been born before 01-05-2007 and after 30-04-2011 (Both dates are inclusive). This will apply to candidates of all categories, including those who belong to the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST). In case of doubtful cases of overage in comparison to the age recorded in the certificate, they may be referred to the Medical Board for confirmation of the age. The decision of the medical board will be treated as final.

A candidate appearing for the selection test must be studying in Class-V for the whole of the academic session 2019-20 in a Government/Government aided or other recognized schools or ‘B’ certificate competency course of National Institute of Open Schooling in the same district where he/she is seeking admission. A school will be deemed recognized if it is declared so by the Government or by any other agency authorized on behalf of Government. Schools, where students have obtained ‘B’ certificate under the National Institute of Open Schooling, should have accreditation of NIOS. A candidate must successfully complete Class-V in the session 2019-20. Actual admission in Class-VI for the session 2020-21 will be subject to the mentioned condition.

A Candidate claiming admission under 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 rural areas.

Candidates passing ‘B’ certificate competency course of National Institute of Open Schooling on or before 30th September 2019 are also eligible to write admission test provided they are in the prescribed age group. The rural status of a child from the National Institute of Open Schooling will be decided on the basis of a certificate to be issued by Tehsildar/District Magistrate of the District indicating that the child has been residing in rural areas for the last three years. Students studying under the above scheme and residing in urban and notified areas are not eligible for obtaining seat in rural quota

A Candidate who has not been promoted and admitted to Class-V before 15th September 2019 is not eligible to apply.

No candidate is eligible to appear in the JNV Selection Test for a second time, under any circumstances.

FOR RURAL CANDIDATES

At least 75% of the seats in a district will be filled by candidates selected from rural areas and remaining seats will be filled from the urban areas of the district.

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 school(s) located in rural areas. However, the candidate should study a full academic session in Class-V from the same district where admission is sought.

Candidates studying under the schemes of the National Institute of Open Schooling should produce their rural status certificate issued by District Magistrate / Tehsildar / Block Development Officer.

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 in the 2011 census or through a subsequent Government notification. All other areas will be considered as rural.

FOR TRANSGENDER CANDIDATES

No separate reservation for transgender category candidates is provided and they will be included in Boys category for reservation purpose, under various sub-categories viz Rural, Urban, SC, ST and Divyang.

Reservation for Rural, SC/ST, Girls & Disabled Children

At least 75% of the seats in a district will be filled by candidates selected from rural areas and remaining seats will be filled up from the urban areas of the district.

There is a provision for reservation of seats for SC and ST candidates in proportion to their population in the district but not less than the national average

1/3 of the seats are reserved for girl students.

There is a provision for reservation of 3% seats for disabled children (i.e. Orthopedically Handicapped, Hearing Impaired and Visually Handicapped).

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.

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 in an Institution / School located in a rural area.

Residence Certificate in prescribed proforma in case of NIOS study only

Any other documents required.

Exam. Papers of JNVST Class-VI

Subject	Time	Weightage
Mental Ability	60 Minutes	50 %
Arithmetic	30 Minutes	25 %
Language	30 Minutes	25 %

Medium/ Languages in which JNVST is Conducted

S.No	Language	S.No	Language
1	Assamese	11	Marathi
2	Bengali	12	Mizo
3	Bodo	13	Nepali
4	English	14	Odia
5	Garo	15	Punjabi
6	Gujarati	16	Manipuri (Meitei Mayek)
7	Hindi	17	Manipuri (Bangla Script)
8	Kannada	18	Tamil
9	Khasi	19	Telugu
10	Malayalam	20	Urdu