NATIONAL MEANS CUM MERIT SCHOLARSHIP - DELHI

1. An awardee is eligible for the scholarship provided he/she: a. takes up studies in approved courses. b. maintains good conduct as certified by the Head ofthe college/Institution and continues hivher studies as a regular student in a Govemment/covemment aided./ Local Body school. c. does not absent himselflherself without proper leave. d. takes up studies on a whole time basis.
2. No scholarship shall be available for studies abroad for any course.
3. No claim for scholarship arrears will be entertained after the expiry of 12
4. months of the academic session for which one has applied for the claim.
5. In case any awardee leaves his/trer course of study within one month of registration/admission, no scholarship shall be paid to him/her. In case student is not able to appear at the annual examination due to serious illness, he/she should send the medical certificate though the Head of the Institution within three months of his/her falling ill. The duration of illness should be clearly certified by a specialist, who is a Registered Medical Practitioner. The facility will be available to the student to continue the same course in which one is studying provided the principal or the head of the institution certifies that the overall performance of the student during the year has been very good.
6. The student must join the next class/desired course within 3 months of the declaration ofthe result of the previous class/course.
7. Scholarship shall be deemed to be discontinued if any gap of one academic session arises in studies at any time due to any reason.
8. Scholarship once discontinued on the basis of the rules of disbursement of scholarship cannot be revived under any circumstances.
9. All rules are subject to change from time to time, as and when required, which will be binding on all awardees.

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1. Please visit the official website first.
2. Read the instructions carefully, before applying,
3. Ready your ID Card, Certificates, Sign, and Photo while applying.
4. Do not forget to bring your application printout.

1. Each stateruT will conduct its own test at stage of class vIII for selection of students for the award of the National Means-cum-Merit scholanhip. The state Level Examination may consist of the following two tests: a. Mental Ability Test (MAT) b. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
2. The students shall have minimum of 55 %o marks or equivalent grade in class Vll examination for appearing in selection test conducted during class VIII for award of scholarship (relaxable by 5% for SC/ST students). The student should be studying as regular student in a Govemment, Govemment-aided and local bodv schools.
3. Mental Ability Test shall consist of 90 multiple-choice questions testing verbal and non-verbal metacognitive abilities like reasoning and critical thinking. The questions in the test may be on analogy, classification, numerical series, pattern perception, hidden figures etc.
4. Scholastic Aptitude Test shale consists of 90 multiple-choice questions covering subjects namely, science, social studies and mathematics is taught in classes VII and VIII.
5. Duration of the Test: Each test will be of 90 minutes duration. cha dress with disab ity will be given extra time, as applicable. Other Info
6. A student can avail only one Scholarship under any Central Government Scholarship scheme.
7. The awardees will be required to open bank accounts preferably in SBI, or any public sector bank or any scheduled bank which has core banking facilty.
8. The eligible studenrs will apply on National Schorarship porral (NSp), which will be verified by the State Govemments and UT Administrations and finalry sent to Ministry for sanction of funds. The final list of students' verified at alr concernld levels on National Scholarship portal, will be considered for sanction of funds. The scholarships for those students will be discontinued ifthey wourd have not been abre to renew their application on NSp within stipurated time period. The sanction of firnds will be done from Annual Budget provision for releasing them to SBI, the implementing bank for scheme for disbursal of scholarships, to students directly into their bank accounts by electronic transfer through Direct benefit Transfer (DBT).
9. The awardees should get minimum of 60% marks in class X for continuation of scholarship (relaxable by 5% for SC/sr candidates) in next higher classes. For continuing the scholarship in class X and XII, the awardees should get clear promotion form class IX to class X and fiom class XI to class XII in the first attempt.