Navodaya Entrance Test For Admission to the IX Class

As envisaged in National Policy of Education (NEP), 1986, Govt. of India has set up coeducational residential institutions named Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in 34 States/UTs excluding Tamil Nadu. At present, 598 such Vidyalayas have been sanctioned in the country.

The main objective of these Vidyalayas is to provide quality modern education to the children predominantly from rural areas. Though the admission into these Vidyalayas is at VI class, it is intended to fill vacant seats with a lateral entry test at IX Class level.

Applications are invited for admission to Class IX of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas of the District, against the vacant seats, which are likely to be available during the academic year 2015-16. The admission is through an All India Test to be conducted on Sunday, 7^th June 2015 at 10.00 hrs. in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya of the district concerned. The medium of test is English/Hindi.

Eligibility:

a) Only those candidates who have studied in class VIII during the Academic Session 2014-15 in one of the Govt./Govt. recognized schools of the district where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is functioning and where admission is sought.

b) Candidate appearing for the selection test must pass Class VIII in the academic session 2014-15 from a Govt./Govt. recognized school in the district where he/she is seeking admission.

c) Candidates seeking admission must not have been born before 01.05.1999 and after 30.04.2003. This will apply to candidates of all categories including those belonging to SC/ST.

d) Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti reserves the right to refer any candidate to a MEDICAL BOARD for confirmation of the age of the candidate in case a doubt arises about the age certificate produced by the candidate before the admission is given.

Nature of the Selection Test

Sl.No.	Subject	Marks
01.	English	15
02.	Hindi	15
03.	Maths	35
04.	Science	35
Total		100 Marks

The test will be objective/descriptive type with 03 hours duration without any break. Centre for the examination will be Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya of the concerned district.

How to Apply :

The Prospectus-cum-Application form containing detailed instructions can be obtained free of cost from the Office of Principal, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya and office of District and Block Education Officers of the District.Application forms can also be downloaded from our Office website http://www.navodayahyd.gov.in. Neatly typed and Xeroxed copy of the applications also can be used for applying. Application forms filled in all respect are to be submitted to the office of Principal, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya of the concerned district by Friday the 15th May 2015 either through Registered Post or in person.

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