NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION (NTSE)

1. All students studying in Class X in any type of recognized school including Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navodaya Vidyalaya, and Sainik School, etc. will be eligible to appear at the State Level Examination from the State in which the school is located. However, no domicile restriction shall be imposed.
2. Students registered under Open and Distance Learning (ODL) are also eligible for scholarships provided the students are below the age of 18 years (as of 1st July of that particular year) the students are not employed and they are appearing in class X for the first time.

Stated amount: 3,250 About 3,250 Rs scholarships are awarded for different stages of education as follows. The rates of scholarship at different stages are given as under: Stage Rate of Scholarship

1. Higher Secondary level (XIth and XIIth) 1,250 Rs Per Month
2. Under Graduate and Post Graduate 2,000 Rs Per Month
3. PhD As Per UGC Norms Number of Scholarship is the subject to availability, for more please visit official website.

1. Selection Stage-I Selection will be done by State/UTs and those who are selected/recommended from Stage-I examination will be eligible to appear for Stage-II examination conducted by NCERT. Stage-I: State-level examination State-level examination may have two parts: Part-I Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Part-II Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for nominating the required number of candidates for the second level test to be conducted by the NCERT. Paper-I Mental Ability Test (MAT) Number of Questions - 100 Number of Marks - 100 Time Duration - 120 Minutes Qualifying - 32% SC, ST, and PWD and 40% for Others (General & OBC) Paper-II Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Number of Questions - 100 (Science40, Mathematic cs-20, Social Science40) Number of Marks - 100 Time Duration - 120 Minutes Qualifying - 32% SC, ST, and PWD and 40% for Others (General & OBC) Selection Criteria Only candidates qualifying in both papers separately will be considered for merit. The selection of the awardees will be made on the basis of total Marks scored in MAT & SAT based on merit. There will be No Negative Marking Stage-II: National level examination The written examination shall consist of two papers; Paper-I Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Paper-II Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Both the tests will be administered on the same day There is no prescribed syllabus for the NTS examination. However, the standard of items shall be conforming to the level of Classes IX and X. Paper-I Mental Ability Test (MAT) Number of Questions - 100 Number of Marks - 100 Time Duration - 120 Minutes Qualifying - 32% marks SC, ST and PWD and 40% for Others (General & OBC) Category separately in both papers. Paper-II Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Number of Questions - 100 (Science - 40, Mathematics cs-20, Social Science - 40) Number of Marks - 100 Time Duration - 120 Minutes Qualifying - 32% marks SC, ST and PWD and 40% for Others (General & OBC) Category separately in both papers. Selection Criteria There will be No Negative Marking Only candidates qualifying in both papers separately will be considered for merit Selection of the awardees will be made on the basis of total marks scored in MAT & SAT based on merit The tests will be available in the following languages: Asamiya, Bangla, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. Each item in both tests shall carry one mark each. A candidate shall get one mark for the correct response.