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News and Announcements - After XII

News and Announcements - After XII

News and Announcements - After XII

NTSE

Selection procedure

Selection

There will be two-stage selection process for award of scholarship. For Stage I, selection will be done by States/UTs through a written examination.  Students, who qualify Stage- I, will be eligible to appear for Stage- II examination, conducted by NCERT.

Reservation

15% scholarships will be reserved for students belonging to the SC   category, 7.5% scholarships for students belonging to the ST category and 3% for  ST Physically Challenged Group of Students.

Eligibility

All students of Class X studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for the Stage -I examination, conducted by the States/UTs, in which the schools are located. There will be no domicile restriction.

State level examination

The state level examination has two parts for nominating the required number of candidates for the second level test to be conducted by the NCERT.

  1. Part-I:Mental Ability Test (MAT), and
  2. Part-II: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

National level examination

Candidates acquiring more than the required percentage in the state level examination and standing within a specified number of top ranks (state quota) are eligible to appear for the national level examination (about top 3000 students from the entire country). NCERT conducts the National Level NTS each year in the 2nd week of May. The national level examination has two parts for nominating the required number of candidates for the interviews to be conducted by the NCERT in July/August

  1. Part-I:Mental Ability Test (MAT), and
Part-II: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)(with questions on history, civics, geography, rarely economics, maths, physics, chemistry and biology.)
It is usually conducted on 2nd Sunday in May. For NTSE 2013, National Level Exam will be conducted on 12th May 2013.

Interview

The Interview used to be conducted. It required confidence etc. However, there will be no interview in NTSE 2013.

Syllabus

There is no Prescribed syllabus for the NTSE examination. However, the standard of items conforms to the level of CBSE Class X Public Examinations. Also, parts of classes VIII and IX are also included especially in Sciences and mathematics, wherein one is expected to have a sound knowledge of the things already learnt at lower classes. Several guides are also published by various publishers to aid NTSE aspirants.

Scheme of Testing

The scheme of testing for second stage of NTSE is given below:

Test Duration No. of Items Maximum Marks Qualifying Marks(General) Qualifying Marks(SC/ST/PC)
Mental Ability Test (MAT) 90 minutes 100 (90 MCQ, i.e. with 4 options and 10 free response questions) 100 40 32
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) 90 minutes 100 (90 MCQs , i.e. with 4 options-35 MCQs on Science, 20 MCQs on Mathematics, 35 MCQs on Social Science, 10 free response questions on Mixed subjects) 100 40 32
Interview 15–20 minutes   Not defined Not defined Not defined


Note: Qualifying marks do not imply that any student securing above the cut-off will qualify for the next level. It simply means that this is the minimum qualifying marks NCERT is looking for. Selection will depend upon the rank of the candidate.

In NTSE first stage, there are 90 questions in 90 minutes in SAT and MAT each. In first stage there is no interview. However, the patern varies from state to state.

The students who qualify all the stages of NTSE successfully are eligible for Rebate. The amount of Rebate has been enhanced to Rs. 500/- per month for all the students studying in Class X onwards except for Ph.D., wherein it is paid according to UGC norms. The older system of book grant has been removed. The criterion of parental income for deciding payment of Rebate has also been discontinued