Navodaya Vidyalaya Class 6 Admission 2024-25: The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is going to close the registration window for class 6 admissions soon. Students or parents (on their behalf)who are interested in participating in the same must fill out the application form for the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test. The candidates can visit the official website i.e. navodaya.gov.in.

The candidates may note that the application window will remain open till 16 September 2024. It should be noted that no applications will be entertained post-deadline. According to the released official schedule, the JNVST entrance exam 2025 will be conducted in two phases i.e. first phase will be conducted on 18 January 2025 however, the second phase will commence on 12  April 2025. 

According to the official notice,  ‘’A Candidate is allowed to apply for JNVST only once. During verification of the registration Data, if it is found that the Candidate had applied in previous years, the Candidature of the Candidate will be rejected.’’

JNVST 2024: Important instructions
  • While submitting the application form, candidates need to upload these documents - a photo, the signature of the parent and the candidate, Aadhar details/residence certificate and a certificate verified by the headmaster mentioning the details of the candidate in the prescribed format.
  • The verification of information provided by the parent will be done by the headmaster of the school where the candidate studied till Class 5. The certificate should be uploaded in jpg format and between 10-100 kb only.
  • A candidate who is currently studying in Class 5 in a district is allowed to apply for admission to a JNV in the same district only.
  • The applicant must not have been born before May 1, 2013, and after July 31, 2015 (both dates are inclusive).
  • The entrance test will be held in two phases. The second phase examination will be on April 12, 2025. The first phase examination will take place on January 18.
  • Places where the exam will be held in the first phase are Jammu and Kashmir (except Jammu-I, Jammu-II & Samba), 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 and Shimla of Himachal Pradesh, in the District of Darjeeling of West Bengal, and Leh & Kargil districts of UT Ladakh.
  • The first phase of the examination will be held in 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), Jammu & Kashmir (only for Jammu-I, Jammu-II & Samba) 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
  • The duration of the selection test will be two hours. It will begin at 11:30 am and end at 1:30 pm on both days.
  • The question paper of the test will have three sections and objective-type questions. There will be 80 questions for 100 marks. Candidates can check the JNVST 2024 information bulletin for more details.
  • The result of the selection test is expected to be announced in March 2025 for summer-bound JNVs (phase 2 of the exam) and in May 2025 for Winter bound JNVs (phase 1 of the exam).