NTSE 2021 –
The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a national level exam conducted by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for awarding scholarships.
The NCERT is conducting NTSE 2021 in one stages, wherein the stage 1 exam held on Very Soon. Class X students who wish to appear for NTSE 2021 can apply for the scholarship examination. The NTSE 2021 applications for stage 1 exam can be fileld from August 3 till the last date of applications as announced by each state and union territory.
The NTSE 2021 scholarship will be awarded to the qualifying candidates on the basis of their performances in both the stages.
NTSE Stage I Exam Pattern
NTSE Stage-I examination at State/UT level are advised to follow National pattern which comprise of two parts MAT and SAT.
Part-I: Mental Ability Test (MAT)
Part-II: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) also includes Language Comprehensive Test.
NTSE Stage II Exam Pattern
Paper I : Mental Ability Test (MAT)
No. of Questions: 50No. of Marks: 50Duration: 45 Min
Paper II : Language Test (LT) English/Gujarati
No. of Questions: 50No. of Marks: 50Duration: 45 Min
Paper III : Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
No. of Questions: 100No. of Marks: 100Duration: 90 Min
NTSE Syllabus
MAT (Mental Ability Test) shall contain questions from analogies, series, problem solving, reasoning, classification, figures, coding words, etc. The MAT test check the candidate’s ability to think, reasoning and problem solving.
SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) shall contain questions from Science, Mathematics, history, geography, political science and economics. There will a Language comprehensive test also.
Awardees have to secure an aggregate of 60% marks or equivalent grade in order to be eligible for scholarship every year.A pass in all subjects for which a student is registered/appeared is necessary.
Withdrawal in non core subjects as per institutional rules of exemption is considered for payment of scholarship.
In view of online payment of scholarship to the awardee the stipulated time period is reduced from 24 months to 12 months.
Students pursuing diploma or certificate courses will be provided scholarship, provided they are not employed.
