DETAILS OF VACANCIES

Name of Course— Class 9th Admission

Education Qualification— Only those candidates who are bonafide residents &studying Class VIII during the Academic Session 2023-24 in one of the Govt./Govt. recognized schools of the district where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is functioning and where admission is sought, are eligible. District of residence and district of class VIII study should be same in respect of candidates who desire to apply for admission to class IX (session 2024-25) in the JNV located in the same district.

According to the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme, one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is to be set up in each District in a phased manner. At present, 650 Vidyalayas are functional in 27 States and 08 Union Territories. The State-wise distribution of functional JNVs is as under:

1. Andhra Pradesh 13+02**
2. Madhya Pradesh 51+02**+01*
3. Arunachal Pradesh 17
4. Maharashtra 33+01**
5. Assam 27+01**
6. Manipur 09+02*
7. Bihar 38+01**
8. Meghalaya 11+01**
9. Chandigarh (UT) 1
10. Mizoram 8
11. Chhattisgarh 27+01**
12. Nagaland 11
13. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (UT) 3
14. Odisha 30+01**
15. Delhi (UT) 2
16. Puducherry (UT) 4
17. Goa 2
18. Punjab 22+01**
19. Gujarat 33+01**
20. Rajasthan 33+02**
21. Haryana 21
22. Sikkim 4
23. Himachal Pradesh 12
24. Telangana 9
25. Jammu & Kashmir (UT) 19+01**
26. Tripura 8
27. Jharkhand 24+02**
28. UT Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3
29. Karnataka 30+01**
30. Uttar Pradesh 75+01**
31. Kerala 14
32. Uttarakhand 13
33. Ladakh (UT) 2
34. West Bengal 17+01**
35. Lakshadweep (UT) 1

Total 627+20**+3*= 650

• The candidate can fill the online application form directly on NVS website www.navodaya.gov.in. Last date to apply for class IX Lateral Entry Selection is 31st October, 2023.
• Candidates/ parents have to go through the notification cum prospectus and ensure the fulfillment of eligibility criteria. Please note that selection 6 test is against the vacant seats only, subject to availability of accommodation in the JNV concerned.
• 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.
• Basic details of candidate like State, District (residence and study), Aadhaar number, study details of class VIII, address 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.
• Online platform is in open source and free of cost. Application may be submitted from any source like desktop, laptop, mobile, tablet etc.
• In all JNVs, a help desk is available to assist the candidates/parents to upload application of candidates free of cost. Parents may approach the help desk in JNV along with candidate and required documents such as photograph along with signature of both candidate and his/her parent.
•  All efforts are to be made to provide correct information in the portal which may be substantiated at the time of admission after selection with supporting documents.
• Admission of provisionally selected students is subject to passing Class-VIII during the Session 2023-24 and submission of necessary supporting documents as per the information provided by the candidate/ parent in the online application form.
• Since online data is being captured for all purposes, it is requested to fill the data in online application form with due care. The information submitted in the online application form will be taken as final for further processing.
• The correction window to modify the information in the selected fields only will be opened for two days after the last date of submission of application form.
• It is intimated to all concerned that verification of proofs of residence of District, age, pass certificate, eligibility including district of study, category (Rural/Urban & OBC, SC, ST, Divyang) etc. as per norms will be done for all provisionally selected candidates through the laid down procedure after the declaration of results. Only after verification, admission will be confirmed.

i. Provisional selection in the test will not vest any right upon candidate to secure admission into JNV till the candidate produces all the relevant certificates such as birth certificate, pass certificate of VIII class with mark sheets, SC / ST / OBC certificate, if any, as prescribed by NVS for the admission.

ii. Details of the marks obtained in the test will not be communicated and there is no provision for re-checking/re-totaling.

iii. Candidates will be considered for the admission only in that Vidyalaya for which he/she has appeared for Selection Test.

iv. At the time of admission, candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) Scheduled Tribes (STs) & Other Backward Classes (OBCs) categories will have to produce the required Scheduled Caste/Tribe or OBC Certificate issued by the competent authority.

v. In case of any dispute, the decision of NVS will be final and binding on the candidates.