National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a national-level scholarship program in India to identify and recognize students with high intellect and academic talent.
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5,00,000 students appear for this scholarship exam every year
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Only 1000 scholarships are awarded, out of which 775 are unreserved
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The scholarships are awarded to candidates for pursuing courses in sciences and social sciences up to doctoral level and professional courses up to second-degree level
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Scholarship of Rs. 1250 per month is awarded for class XI to XII.
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Scholarship of Rs. 2000 per month is awarded for Undergraduates and Postgraduates.
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The scholarship amount is fixed in accordance with the UGC norms for Ph.D.
SELECTION PROCEDURE :-
Identification of talent comprises two-stage selection process. While the individual State/UT conducts the first stage selection, the second stage selection at the national level is carried out by the NCERT.
Eligibility
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. The state may impose any other eligibility condition for appearing in the screening examination like any qualifying percentage of marks in the previous annual examination etc. Students registered under Open and Distance Learning (ODL) are also eligible 7
for scholarship provided the students are below the age of 18 years (as on 1st July of that particular year) the students is not employed and they are appearing in class X for the first time.
How to apply
The students studying in Class X in the country ought to be on the lookout for any advertisement in the newspapers or circulars in the school by the respective Government of their State/UT for the above said examination and act as per the requirement given in the State advertisement/circular. Any other information/query about the details of the state level examination may be had from Liaison Officers of the State/UT agencies, the addresses of which are given in the Appendix.
The filled in application by the student be submitted to the State Liaison Officer duly signed by the Principal of the school before the due date as advertised/circulated by each concerned State/UT
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.
| The scheme of testing is given below— Examination Date | Paper | Test | Timings | Number of Questions | Number of Marks | Time Duration | Qualifying | Selection Criteria | |||
| 1st Sunday of November (In all the States/UTs of the country except Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Andaman & Nicobar exam where will be held on 1st Saturday November month every year) | Paper-I | Mental Ability Test (MAT) | 09.30 am to 11.30 am (All candidates except visually Challenged Candidates) | 100 | 100 | 120 Minutes | 32% SC, ST and PWD and 40% for General | • Only candidates qualifying in both the 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 • There will be No Negative Marking | |||
| 09.30 am to 12.00 noon (Only visually Challenged Candidates) | |||||||||||
| Paper-II | Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) | 13.30 pm to 15.30 pm (All candidates except visually Challenged Candidates) | 100 (Science-40, Mathematics-20, Social Science-40) | 100 | 120 Minutes | ||||||
| 13.30 pm to 16.00 pm (Only visually Challenged Candidates) | |||||||||||
- Mental Ability Test
- Scholastic Aptitude Test
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