
The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti has announced the entrance exam dates for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas for the 2027-28 academic session. The Class 6 JNVST will be held on 28 November 2026 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, with 80 questions carrying 100 marks covering Mental Ability, Arithmetic and Language. The Class 9 Lateral Entry Selection Test will take place on 10 April 2027 from 10 AM to 12:30 PM, with 100 questions for 100 marks on English, Hindi, Mathematics and General Science.

Both exams will be conducted offline using OMR answer sheets. The Class 6 admit card was released on 28 October 2026 and can be downloaded from cbseitms.rcil.gov.in/nvs/. Registration for Class 6 ran from 6 July to 31 July 2026, extended to 10 August. Class 9 registration was from 1 September to 30 September, extended to 22 October. The Class 6 result is expected by end-March 2027, the Class 9 result date is yet to be announced.
Both kollegeapply.com and freejobalert.com report the Navodaya entrance exam dates in a straight news-agency style, presenting the NVS announcement verbatim with identical schedules, patterns and admit-card procedures. Neither outlet adds commentary, omission or framing that favours or criticises the government. The uniform coverage leaves nothing to contrast: every fact in each source matches the other, down to the exam timings and question counts. The story is a standard public-notice dissemination and the balanced reading is that the information is complete and consistent across both platforms.
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Sources (2): kollegeapply.com (neutral report), freejobalert.com (neutral report)
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