National Talent Search Examination – NCERT
● Scholarships
On
the basis of the examination conducted, 1000 scholarships will be
awarded for students appearing for Class VIII examinations.
● Reservation
150
scholarships will be reserved for students belonging to the SC category
and 75 scholarships for students belonging to the ST category in
respect of the class VIII examination.
● 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.
● Eligibility
Students
of Class VIII studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for
the Class VIII Stage I examination conducted by the States/UTs in which
the schools are located. There will be no domicile restriction.
● Examination
The pattern of written examination for Class VIII will be as under—
* Stage–I : Examination
at the State/UT level will comprise two parts, namely (a) General
Mental Ability Test (GMAT) and (b) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
covering Social Studies (History, Geography and Civics), Science
(Physics, Chemistry and Biology) and Mathematics.
* Stage–II : Examination
at the National level will comprise (a) General Mental Ability Test
(GMAT), (b) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) covering Social Studies
(History, Geography and Civics), Science (Physics, Chemistry and
Biology) and Mathematics, (c) Interview. Only those candidates who
qualify the written examination at the National Level will be invited
for interview.
● State Quotas
Based on provisional All India Educational Survey (AIES) data on enrollment of students
in
Class VIII, State/Union Territory quotas are fixed for qualification to
appear for the Stage-II examination. Within the State Quotas there will
be 15% reservation for Scheduled Caste candidates and 7.5% reservation
for Scheduled Tribe candidates. There will be no State/Union Territory
Quotas for the final award of scholarship after the Stage-II
examination. Reservation will be as notified in para 2 above.
● Application Forms
Application Forms may be downloaded from NCERT’s website www.ncert.nic.in.
All correspondence relating to Application Forms should be addressed to
the State Liason Officers (LOs) whose addresses are given in the
advertisement.
LOs
of the respective States/Union Territories will notify the last date
for submission of application forms. The completed application form duly
signed by Principal of the school
should be submitted to the LO before the last date.
● Fees
States
and Union Territories may notify the fee required to be paid for
Stage-I examination. However, NCERT does not charge any fee for the
Stage-II examination.
● Announcement of Results
Results
of the Stage-I examination will be announced by the respective State
Governments / Union Territories. Results of Stage-II examination will be
announced by NCERT.
Indian
Students Studying Abroad can appear directly for Stage-II NTS
Examination under conditions prescribed in the NTS brochure for class
VIII which is available on the NCERT website. Candidates may fill up
relevant items of the Application Form available on the NCERT website
and send to the undersigned along with a photocopy of the mark sheet of
previous examination.
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