National Talent Search Exam (NTSE) is held every year to select the most eligible candidates for scholarships for pursuing higher-level courses in India. The selection of the students for the scholarship award will be done on the basis of their performance in the two-stage selection process- state level and national level. Qualifying both levels is mandatory for the students to be considered for the scholarship. Application forms for the state level exam are expected to release in the month of September 2020. Candidates can find the complete details of NTSE 2021 from this article.
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NTSE 2021 Main Highlights
- The state-level exam is organized by the respective government and the national level exam is managed by NCERT.
- If a candidate studying abroad is selected, the scholarship shall be paid for pursuing studies in India only.
- In case the candidate’s address change after availability of admit card and before National Level Exam, he/she must communicate the same to the state examining authority or to NCERT.
- Awardees who leave their course of study within one month of registration or admission will forfeit their scholarship.
- Scholarship offered will be discontinued in case of any gap of one academic session in studies at any time due to any reason.
NTSE 2021 Important Dates
Check below the tentative dates related to NTSE 2021:
For state level exam
| Activities | Tentative Dates |
| Date of application form availability | September 2020, 2nd week |
| Last date to submit the application form | September 2020, 3rd week |
| Publication of admit card | October 2020, 4th week |
| Exam date | November 2020, 1st week |
| Announcement of result | January 2021/ February 2021 |
For national level exam
| Events | Expected Dates |
| Application form release date | Yet to be notified |
| Last date for application form submission | December 2020, last week |
| Issue of admit card | May 2021, 3rd week |
| Date of exam | June 2021, 3rd week |
| Result declaration | June 2021/ July 2021 |
NTSE 2021 Eligibility Criteria
Candidates must fulfill the below-mentioned eligibility criteria to appear for NTSE 2021:
For state-level exam:
- Those studying in class 10th of a recognized school are eligible to appear for the state level exam.
- Such candidates can appear from the state in which their school is located.
- There is no domicile restriction but the state may impose any other eligibility condition for appearing in the screening examination like any qualifying percentage of marks in the previous annual exam etc.
- Applicants registered under Open and Distance Learning (ODL) can appear for the exam too.
- However, such applicants should be below the age of 18 years as on 1st July 2021, must not be employed and appearing in class X for the first time.
For national level exam:
- Only the candidates who clear the state level exam are eligible to appear in the national level examination.
- Students of Indian nationality studying abroad at the Class X level can also appear for the national level exams given they score At least 60% aggregate marks at the previous annual examination.
- Such candidates will have to appear in the NTS exam at a centre in India at their own cost.
Note: Candidates studying abroad are exempted from appearing in the state level exam and can directly apply for national-level exam.
NTSE 2021 Application Form
Candidates will have to apply separately for the state level and national level talent search exam. Only those who clear the state level exam need to apply for the national level exam. Guidelines to fill and submit the application form are explained below.
- Application form can be filled by providing the basic personal and academic details of the candidates such as name, gender, school’s name, etc.
- Photograph and signature of the students should also be provided at the appropriate places.
- Once all the details are entered, the application form can be submitted with any required fee.
- Care should be taken to provide only correct details into the application form as incorrect details can make the form ineligible.
- The candidates should keep a copy of the application form with them in case of future reference.
Application fee
- For state-level exam, any fee may be prescribed by the respective state or union territories.
- There will be no entrance fee for the national level examination.
Applications of candidates studying abroad
- A candidate who is studying abroad may request for appearing in the NTS exam through the Head of the Institution where he or she is studying.
- The request should be submitted along with an attested copy (by the Head of the Institution) of the mark sheet of Class IX.
- Requests should reach the Head, Department of Educational Survey Division, NCERT, New Delhi-110016 latest by 31st December of the concerned year.
NTSE Exam Pattern
Details of exam pattern for NTSE 2021 are provided below:
State-level NTSE exam:
- Mode of Exam: Pen and paper-based
- Number of papers: 2
- Mental Ability Test- MAT
- Scholastic Ability Test- SAT
- Exam duration: 4 hours
- MAT- 2 hours
- SAT- 2 hours
- Break of 2 hours in between
- Question paper language: As per the decision made by the respective State/ Union Territories
- Number of questions: 200
- MAT- 100 questions
- SAT- 100 questions
- Type of questions: Objective type
- Total marks: 200
- MAT- 100 marks
- SAT- 100 marks
- Marking scheme: 1 mark for each right answer
- Negative marking: No negative marking
| Paper | Test | No. of questions | Maximum marks |
| Paper I | Mental Ability Test | 100 | 100 |
| Paper-II | Scholastic Aptitude Test | 20 (Mathematics) + 40 (Science) + 40 (Social Science)
Total: 100 |
100 |
| Total | ——— | 200 | 200 |
National level NTSE exam:
- Mode of Exam: Pen and paper-based
- Number of papers: 2
- Mental Ability Test- MAT
- Scholastic Ability Test- SAT
- Exam duration: 4 hours
- MAT- 2 hours
- SAT- 2 hours
- Break of 2 hours in between
- Question paper language: Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu
- Number of questions: 200
- MAT- 100 questions
- SAT- 100 questions
- Type of questions: Objective type
- Total marks: 200
- MAT- 100 marks
- SAT- 100 marks
- Marking scheme: 1 mark for each right answer
- Negative marking: No negative marking
| Paper | Test | No. of questions | Maximum marks |
| Paper I | Mental Ability Test | 100 | 100 |
| Paper-II | Scholastic Aptitude Test | 20 (Mathematics) + 40 (Science) + 40 (Social Science)
Total: 100 |
100 |
| Total | ——— | 200 | 200 |
NTSE 2021 Syllabus
- No definite syllabus has been prescribed for the NTS examination but the level of the questions asked will be of Classes IX and X.
- Candidates can, however, obtain a separate booklet called ‘Learn about the Test’ containing sample questions for both MAT and SAT from the official website of NCERT www.ncert.nic.in.
Admit Card
- Candidates can download the e-admit card for appearing in the national level exam from the official website of NCERT.
- The applicants should take a printout of the admit card and paste an attested passport size photograph at the appropriate place.
- Those without a photo on the admit card may be allowed entry on the discretion of centre superintendent after submission of an attested photograph immediately after the exam.
- No candidate will be allowed to appear for the NTS exam without a valid admit card.
Result
- The result of the national level exam will be declared online and the candidates can check it from NCERT website.
- Selected candidates shall also be informed through a letter sent to their registered address.
- The final award shall be given on the basis of combined scores of MAT and SAT.
- Qualified candidates also can check the marks scored by them from the official website of NCERT.
Eligibility for Scholarship
The candidates studying in Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages Commerce, vocational studies, and fine arts are eligible to receive scholarships up to Ph.D. level and those studying professional courses in medicines, engineering, technology, management, and law, are eligible up to second-degree level. Scholarships will be paid upon fulfillment of the following conditions:
- The awardees take up studies in approved courses and on a whole-time basis.
- He/she is not getting scholarships from other sources. In this case, the NTS scholarship will be temporarily discontinued for that period. The scholarship will be resumed when he/she approaches once again to NCERT after fulfilling other conditions.
- He/she does not take up any job with salary/ remuneration/ stipend.
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