INDIAN NATIONAL JUNIOR SCIENCE OLYMPIAD

National Standard Examination in Junior Science (NSEJS)

1. Must be eligible to hold an Indian passport.
2. As per the orders of the Madras High Court, OCI students will NOT be eligible for selection to the Indian team in the International Olympiads. However, such students are provisionally eligible for selection at all prior stages, up to and including the OCSC (stage III), provided they fulfil all other criteria. They are also provisionally eligible to write the selection tests at the OCSC. This policy is subject to revision without prior notice depending on any further orders issued by the courts, or by a competent government authority.
3. Must not have passed (or scheduled to complete) class 10 board examination.
4. Must not be appearing in any of NSEA, NSEB, NSEC or NSEP. ELIGIBILITY FOR INJSO Indian National Junior Science Olympiad Examinations (INJSO) Eligibility : The aim of the first stage examination is to have a wide reach, to progressively increase this reach and to attain nationwide representation for Stage II without overly compromising on merit. Hence the selection for the Stage II examinations, i.e., Indian National Olympiad Examinations (INOs) is based on the following scheme.
5. Minimum Admissible Score (MAS) Clause: To be eligible for the Stage II INO exam leading to the International Olympiad, a candidate must secure a score equal to or greater than a Minimum Admissible Score (MAS). The MAS for a given subject will be 50% of the average of the top ten scores in that subject rounded off to the nearest lower integer.
6. Merit Index (MI) Clause: There will be a high score called the Merit Index (MI) associated with each subject in Olympiads. The MI 10 in a subject is defined as 80% of the average of the top ten scores in that subject rounded off to the nearest lower integer. All students with a score equal to or greater than merit index MI for the subject will automatically qualify for INO Stage II examination in that subject. For example, if the average of top ten scores in a certain subject is 92, then 80% of this is 73.6. Then the MI in that subject will be
7. All candidates with a score equal to or above 73 in that subject will automatically qualify for INO stage II.
8. Proportional Representation Clause: Students from all States and UTs need to be encouraged to appear for the first stage examination and a nationwide representation for INO Stage II is desirable. The quota for each State/UT used in National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) 2019-19, a nationwide competitive examination will be used as the baseline for calculating the number of students qualifying for Stage II INO in every subject from centres in that State or UT. The target total number of students to be selected in each subject (except Astronomy, see below) is
9. Suppose the NTSE quota is S for a State, and the total for all States and UTs is T, then the total number of students to be selected to INO Stage II from that State would be S/T times 300, rounded off to the nearest higher integer. This number will include those selected on the basis of the Merit Index. In the event of tie at the last position in the list, all students with same marks at this position will qualify to appear for the INO Stage II examination. The selected students must nevertheless satisfy the MAS clause (a). The number to be selected from all the centres in each State or UT will be displayed on the IAPT and HBCSE websites (http://www.iapt.org.in; http://olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in).
10. Minimum Representation Clause: Notwithstanding the proportional representation clause the number of students selected for INO from each State and UT must be at least five, provided that the MAS clause (a) is satisfied. The above criteria are illustrated with the following examples: i. Let the quota on the basis of the Proportional Representation Clause (c) for a State S1 be
11. Suppose the number of students satisfying the Merit Index Clause (b) in a subject is
12. These 10 students will qualify for the second stage INO exam in the given subject and an additional 10 students from the State S1 in the 11 given subject will be selected merit-wise, provided they satisfy the MAS Clause (a). ii. Let the quota on the basis of the Proportional Representation Clause (c) for a State S1 be
13. Suppose the number of students satisfying the Merit Index Clause (b) in a subject is
14. In this case, all 30 students will qualify for the second stage INO exam in the given subject, and there will be no further selection from the State S1.
15. Minimum Total Number Clause: In each subject, after all the above criteria have been applied, it is possible that the target number of 300 students to be selected for INO is not reached (due to nonavailability of enough number of students in some states who satisfy MAS Clause (a)). In such an event, additional students will be selected purely merit-wise, provided MAS Clause (a) is satisfied, till the target number of 300 is reached. Other clauses will not apply for these students. In case of a tie at the last position, all students with the same marks at this position will qualify to appear for the INO Stage II examination.
16. Previous International Representation Clause: Candidates who have represented India in the International Olympiad on a previous occasion (IOAA, IBO, IChO, IJSO and IPhO) need not appear for the first stage NSE examination in the respective subject. Candidates who have represented India in the Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) and the International Astronomy Olympiad Junior (IAO-Jr) need not appear for the 1st stage NSEP and NSEA Examinations respectively. Such candidates who thus qualify to skip the first stage NSEs should write to the National Coordinator, Science and Astronomy Olympiad (nc_olympiad@hbcse.tifr.res.in), seeking permission, to directly appear for the second stage Indian National Olympiad (INO) examination.

Stage I National Standard Examination in Junior Science (NSEJS)

1. 80 multiple choice questions with negative marking.
2. English & Hindi (option at the time of enrolment)
3. Syllabus Is broadly equivalent to secondary school level (up to and including Class X) of CBSE. All the basic subjects of science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) and Mathematics may have roughly equal emphasis. Stage II India National Junior Science Olympiad (INJSO)
4. English & Hindi
5. Syllabus is broadly equivalent to NSEJS Venue - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kota, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Ranchi. Stage III Orientation-Cum-Selection Camps (OCSCs) The number of students to be selected for OCSC is 35 in Junior Science. The following procedure will be applied for the selection of students for OCSCs. In a given year, a student can participate in the orientation/ training/ selection of only one subject including Mathematics (OCSC for the five science subjects, or International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp (IMOTC)) according to a preference order decided by the student himself/herself. A student who qualifies in more than one subject (on the basis of his/her performance in INO or Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO)) will be invited to the OCSC that is ranked highest in his/her preference list. The procedure is as follows:
6. Before INO/INMO: A student who qualifies to appear in more than one subject in INO/INMO will be asked to arrange the subjects in order of preference of attending the OCSC/IMOTC (and therefore competing for selection in the international team). This preference will have to be indicated during the mandatory registration for INO. This will not affect in any way the evaluation of his/her INO/INMO performance in any subject.
7. After INO/INMO: A target number of students will be invited to the OCSC camp of each subject. The students in each subject will be assigned a rank according to his/her performance in the respective INO/INMO. If a student obtains qualifying marks in INO in multiple subjects, he/she will be included only in the OCSC/IMOTC for the subject which figures highest in his/her preference list among the subjects in which he/she has obtained qualifying marks. His/her name will not be considered for OCSC/IMOTC in the other subjects, and the next students in those subjects will be considered, till the target number of students is reached in each subject. Stage IV Training of Indian teams for International Olympiads at HBCSE The selected Indian teams undergo a rigorous training programme at HBCSE in theory and experiment and in case of astronomy, observational astronomy prior to their departure for the international Olympiads. Special laboratories have been developed in HBCSE for this purpose. Resource persons from different institutions across the country are invited to the training camps. The maximum period of training may be limited in some subjects as per the statutes of the respective international Olympiads. Stage IV Training of Indian teams for International Olympiads at HBCSE The selected Indian teams undergo a rigorous training programme at HBCSE in theory and experiment. Special laboratories have been developed in HBCSE for this purpose. Resource persons from different institutions across the country are invited to the training camps. The maximum period of training may be limited in some subjects as per the statutes of the respective international Olympiads. Stage V Participation in International Olympiads - Junior Science Team Composition - 6 Students .3 Teacher Leaders Venue - Frankfurt, Germany