National Talent Search Exam NTSE 2015-16

Eligibility: All students of Class X studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for the Stage-I examination, conducted by the States/UTs, in which the schools are located. There will be no domicile restriction.

Students registered under Open Distance Learning (ODL) will also be eligible for scholarship, provided the student is below the age of 18 years (as on 1st July of the particular year), the student is not employed and s/he is appearing in class X examination for the first time.

The pattern of written examination will be as follows:

Stage I examination of the State/UT level will comprise of two parts, namely (a) Mental Ability Test (MAT) (b) Language Test (LT) and (c) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT).

The pattern of stage II will be as under

Paper	Test	No. of Questions	No. of Marks	Duration                       (in Minutes)
Paper-I	Mental Ability Test (MAT)	50	50	45
Paper-II	Language Test(LT) English/Hindi	50	50	45
Paper-III	Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)	100	100	90

 

Application Form: You may contact the State/UT Liaison officer for procuring application form.

The completed application form should be signed by the Principal of the School much before the last date of submission. The candidate as well as the Principal of the school must adhere to the last date for submission of the application form. Different states may have different last dates of submission. Please confirm from the liaison officer of your state, the address at which the completed forms are to be submitted. The state wise contact of the liaison officers are given below and are also available in the NCERT website www.ncert.nic.in. All queries related to application form should be directed to the State Liaision Officers (LOs). No application should be sent to NCERT.

 

Fee: States and Union Territories may notify the fee required which will be paid for the Stage-I examination. Therefore, before submitting the application form, you may find out the fees charged for Stage-I Examination and also the mode of payment from the respective State Liaison Officers (LOs). However, NCERT does not charge any fee for Stage-II examination.

Indian Students Studying Abroad in class X can appear directly for Stage II NTS Examination under conditions prescribed in the NTS brochure which is available on the NCERT website. Candidate may fill up the Application form, available on the NCERT website and send to the undersigned along with a photocopy of the mark sheet of previous examination, latest by February 28th, 2016. Application Form for students study abroad will be uploaded on NCERT website in the month of Oct, 2015. Announcement for Indian Students Studying Abroad will be announced separately.