Online applications are invited from eligible students for admission to Class XI against the vacant seats likely to be available in JNVs during the academic year 2022-23. Admission will be made on the basis of performance of students in Class X Board Examinations (CBSE / State Education/ other recognized Board).
Eligibility
4.1 Date of Birth of the candidate is to be between 1st May 2011 to 30st Apr 2013 (both days inclusive). This is applicable to all categories of candidates including those who belong to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
4.2 The candidate must have passed Class X from a recognized school (affiliated to CBSE or any other State Education / other recognized Board) of the State where the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is located during the academic session 2022-23.
Objectives
The main objectives of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti as set forth in the Memorandum of Association are:
2.1 To provide good quality modern education including a strong component of culture, inculcation of values, awareness of the environment, adventure activities and physical education to the talented children predominantly from the rural areas, without regard to their family’s socio-economic condition.
2.2 To ensure that all students of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti attain a reasonable level of competence in three languages as envisaged in Three Language Formula.
2.3 To serve, in each district, as focal point for improvement in the quality of school education in general, through sharing of experiences and facilities, and
2.4 To promote national integration through migration of students from Hindi to nonHindi speaking State and vice-versa.
Salient Features of Navodaya Scheme
3.1 Good quality modern education for talented children predominantly from rural areas.
3.2 Co-educational and fully residential, up to Class-XII.
3.3 Location – usually in rural areas.
3.4 Free education including boarding and lodging as well as expenses on Uniforms, Text Books, and Stationery etc.
3.5 Affiliated to CBSE.
3.6 Implementation of Three-Language Formula.
3.7 The medium of instruction in JNVs is the mother tongue or regional language up to class VIII and thereafter English for Maths & Science and Hindi/English for Social Science. Students of JNVs appear for board examinations of CBSE.
3.8 30% of students in Class-IX from a Vidyalaya located in Hindi speaking area spend one academic year in a Vidyalaya in non-Hindi speaking area and vice versa to promote national integration through understanding of the diversity and plurality of country’s culture and people.
