JNV SELECTION TEST POSTPONED

Jawahar Navodaya Vdiayalaya Selection Test [JNVST]- 2011 which was scheduled to be conducted on February 6 2011 has been postponed indefinitely for the reasons yet to be known. There had been questions over the conduct of the test for entry into the Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country and why these schools should go ahead with the said test when the Right To Education Act clearly says that no school in the country will screen students or parents for admission.

However, a newspaper report with a title “Navodaya Vidyalayas to be left out of ‘no screening’ rule”, published on December 14, 2010 said “Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas will be kept out of the contentious ‘no screening’ for school admission mechanism that the Right to Education (RTE) Act has brought into effect. With the Law Ministry, in its response to the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry’s queries on the issue, saying that Navodaya schools are “a class apart” and a class sui generis, the stage is set to keep the Navodaya schools out of the ambit of the critical RTE clause.”
Meanwhile, necessary arrangements were made in all JNVs during last few months for the conduct of the test. However, the JNVs were later on informed through an email that the said test would not be conducted as per the schedule and is postponed indefinitely. With that effect media was informed to publish the news for the information of the public.