The NVS determines the Navodaya exam centres for the JNVST and will officially announce the centre details on the admit card. Candidates must appear for the test only at the JNV examination centre mentioned on their admit card. NVS admit cards specifying the exam centre will be released in December 2025 for Phase 1 and around April 2026 for Phase 2. The NVS exam centre for a candidate is generally located in the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) of the concerned district or another centre specifically allotted by NVS.
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The NVS Class 6 admission test for phase 1 will be held on December 13, 2025, while phase 2 is scheduled for April 11 2026.
Class | NVS examination phase | Date |
NVS Class 6 (Phase I) centre release date | Will be released via admit card | December 2025 |
NVS Class 6 (Phase I - summer-bound regions) exam date | For most States | December 13, 2025 |
NVS Class 6 (Phase II) centre release date | Will be released via admit card | April 2025 |
JNVST Class 6 (Phase II - winter-bound regions) exam date | For some hilly/remote areas | April 11, 2026 |
NVS Class 9 & 11 (Lateral entry) | Against vacant seats | February 7, 2026 |
Yes, candidates can select their preferred Navodaya examination centre during the application process. This selection is final and cannot be changed once submitted; therefore, candidates must choose carefully. The availability of Navodaya exam centres in each city is dependent on the total number of candidates opting for that location.
NVS exam state | NVS exam cities | NVS exam state | NVS exam cities |
Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Maharashtra | Kopargaon |
Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur | Latur | |
Bhimavaram | Mumbai | ||
Chirala | Navi Mumbai | ||
Eluru | Nagpur | ||
Guntur | Nanded | ||
Kadapa | Nashik | ||
Kakinada | Pandharpur | ||
Kurnool | Pune | ||
Nandyala | Ratnagiri | ||
Narsaraopeta | Sangamner | ||
Nellore | Sangli | ||
Proddatur | Satara | ||
Rajahmundry | Sindhudurg | ||
Srikakulam | Solapur | ||
Tirupati | Manipur | Imphal | |
Vijayawada | Meghalaya | Shillong | |
Visakhapatnam | Mizoram | Aizawl | |
Vizianagaram | Nagaland | Dimapur | |
Itanagar (Naharlagun) | Kohima | ||
Assam | Dibrugarh | Odisha | Balasore |
Guwahati | Baripada | ||
Jorhat | Berhampur-Ganjam | ||
Silchar | Bhadrak | ||
Tezpur | Bhubaneswar | ||
Bihar | Aurangabad | Cuttack | |
Bhagalpur | Dhenkanal | ||
Bhojpur (Ara) | Rourkela | ||
Darbhanga | Sambalpur | ||
Gaya | Puducherry | Puducherry | |
Muzaffarpur | Punjab | Amritsar | |
Patna | Bhatinda | ||
Purnea | Fatehgarh Sahib | ||
Rohtas | Jalandhar | ||
Samastipur | Ludhiana | ||
Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Mohali | |
Bhilai Nagar | Pathankot | ||
Durg | Patiala | ||
Bilaspur | Sangrur | ||
Raipur | Rajasthan | Ajmer | |
Dadar Nagar Haveli Daman Diu | Dadar And Nagar Haveli | Alwar | |
Daman | Bikaner | ||
Delhi | New Delhi | Jaipur | |
Goa | Panaji | Jodhpur | |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Kota | |
Anand | Sikar | ||
Bardoli | Udaipur | ||
Gandhinagar | Sikkim | Gangtok | |
Jamnagar | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | |
Mehsana | Coimbatore | ||
Rajkot | Cuddalore | ||
Surat | Dindigul | ||
Vadodara | Erode | ||
Valsad | Kanchipuram | ||
Vapi | Karur | ||
Haryana | Ambala | Madurai | |
Faridabad | Nagercoil (Kanyakumari) | ||
Gurugram | Namakkal | ||
Hisar | Salem | ||
Karnal | Thanjavur | ||
Kurukshetra | Thoothukudi | ||
Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur | Tiruchirappalli | |
Hamirpur | Tirunelveli | ||
Kullu | Tirupur | ||
Mandi | Vellore | ||
Shimla | Viluppuram | ||
Solan | Virudhunagar | ||
Una | Telangana | Hyderabad | |
Jammu And Kashmir | Baramulla | Karimnagar | |
Jammu | Khammam | ||
Samba | Kodad | ||
Srinagar | Mahbubnagar | ||
Jharkhand | Bokaro | Nalgonda | |
Dhanbad | Nizamabad | ||
Hazaribagh | Warangal | ||
Jamshedpur | Tripura | Agartala | |
Ranchi | Uttar Pradesh | Agra | |
Karnataka | Belagavi(Belgaum) | Aligarh | |
Bengaluru | Bareilly | ||
Dharwad | Basti | ||
Hubballi (Hubli) | Bijnor | ||
Kalaburagi(Gulbarga) | Bilaspur | ||
Mangaluru (Mangalore) | Etawah | ||
Mysuru (Mysore) | Faizabad (Ayodhya) | ||
Shivamogga (Shimoga) | Firozabad | ||
Udupi (Manipal) | Ghaziabad | ||
Kerala | Alappuzha | Ghazipur | |
Ernakulam (Kochi) | Gonda | ||
Idukki | Gorakhpur | ||
Kannur | Jhansi | ||
Kasaragod | Kanpur | ||
Kollam | Lucknow | ||
Kottayam | Mathura | ||
Kozhikode | Meerut | ||
Malappuram | Moradabad | ||
Palakkad | Muzaffarnagar | ||
Thiruvananthapuram | Noida | ||
Thrissur | Greater Noida | ||
Ladakh | Leh | Prayagraj (Allahabad) | |
Lakshwadeep | Kavaratti | Sitapur | |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Varanasi | |
Gwalior | Uttarakhand | Almora | |
Indore | Dehradun | ||
Jabalpur | Haldwani | ||
Sagar | Pauri Garhwal | ||
Satna | Roorkee | ||
Ujjain | Rudrapur | ||
Maharashtra | Ahmednagar | West Bengal | Asansol |
Amravati | Burdwan | ||
Aurangabad | Durgapur | ||
Baramati | Howrah | ||
Chandrapur | Kalyani | ||
Dhule | Kolkata | ||
Jalgaon | Siliguri | ||
Kashti | Siuri Isuri | ||
Kolhapur |
All candidates are strictly required to appear for the selection test only at the centre specified on their NVS admit card.
Appearing at an unauthorised Navodaya centre or requesting a change of centre is prohibited.
The NVS admit card is mandatory for entry and can be downloaded from the online application portal or the NVS website (www.navodaya.gov.in).
Entry to the test is conditional upon presenting either the candidate's Aadhaar card or the parent's Government-approved residence certificate uploaded during the application.
Invigilators will verify the candidate's identity against the photo on the Navodaya school admit card; any mismatch must be reported immediately to the Principal of the concerned JNV.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The complete address and name of the NVS examination centre are clearly printed on the candidate’s official admit card.
No, requests for a change of the allotted examination centre are strictly not entertained and will not be considered under any circumstances. Candidates must appear only at the centre specified on their admit card.
On Question asked by student community
Hi Vijay
The NVS Samiti will declare the Jawahar Navodaya result in March 2026. You can click on the link below to access and download your result.
Hi Student
You can click on the link below to check and download the JNVST exam result for Class 9. Get the direct link.
Dear Student,
The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti will release the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test Class 6 result for Phase 1 in March 2026.
JNVST 2026 results for summer-bound schools will be announced in March 2026, while the results for winter-bound schools will be announced in May 2026.
Check the link below for more details about JNVST:
https://school.careers360.com/exams/jnvst
You can know how to download JNVST Result 2026 Class 6 Selection List by clicking on the link?
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