dnh.gov.in : NTSE 2017-18 National Talent Search Exam Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Organization : U.T. Administration of Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Scholarship Name : National Talent Search Examination NTSE 2017-18
Applicable For : Class Xth Students
Applicable States/UTs : Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Exam Date : 05th Nov 2017
Application Last Date : 30th August 2017

Website : https://dnh.gov.in/
Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/16661-ntse.pdf

National Talent Search Exam :

Applications are invited from the students who are studying in class Xth for National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) during this academic year 2017-18

Related : DNH NTSE 2016-17 National Talent Search Exam Dadra & Nagar Haveli : www.scholarships.net.in/9850.html

The National Talent Search Examination will be conducted for students studying at the Class X level. The examination consists of tests, namely Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). The items in the MAT and SAT are multiple choice questions.

Stages :
The Examination of NTS will be organized in two stages i.e.

Stage -I:
Written Examination: Part-I Mental Ability Test (MAT) And Part-II Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) by U.T.
Date of Examination: 05 Nov 2017

Stage -II:
Written Examination: Part-I MAT, Part-II (SAT)
Part-II Exam will be conducted by NCERT, New Delhi.

Exam Fee:
Rs. 100/- (for Gen. Category)
Rs. 70/- (for SC 1ST)

Application Procedure:
The applications can be downloaded directly from the NCERT website https://www.ncert.nic.in/ and also from https://dnh.gov.in/ .The hard copy & soft copy of complete applications forms in all respect should reach the Directorate of Education on or before 30th August 2017 without fail

Scholarships :
About One thousand scholarships are awarded for different stages of education as follows:

(a) Scholarship of Rs.1250/- per month for Class-XI to XII.
(b) Scholarship of Rs.2000/- per month for Undergraduates and Post-graduates.
(c) Amount of Scholarship for Ph.D. be fixed in accordance with the UGC norms.

Reservation:
15% for students belonging to the SC category, 7.5% for students belonging to the ST category and 3% for Physically Challenged Group of Students.

Qualifying Marks:
Qualifying marks for candidates from General category is 40% in each paper and for candidates from SC, ST, PH is 32% in each paper.

Language Test :
Qualifying in nature and marks obtained for Language Test will not be counted for final merit.

Mental Ability Test (MAT):
This test is given to the candidates to judge their power of reasoning, ability to think, ability to judge, evaluate or discriminate, ability to visualize in the space, spatial orientation, etc. A variety of questions, for example: analogies, classification, series, pattern perception, hidden figures, coding-decoding, block assembly, problem solving etc. are used for this purpose.

Type of School /Institution:
Government:
A Government school is that which is run by the State Government or Central Government or Public Sector Undertaking or an Autonomous Organization completely financed by the Government.

Local Body:
A Local Body school is that which is run by Panchayati Raj and Local Body institution such as Zilla Parishad, Municipal Corporation, Municipal Committee and Notified Area Authority Committee and Cantonment Board.

Private Aided:
A Private Aided school is that which is run by an individual or a private organization and receives grant from Government or Local Body.

Private Unaided:
A Private Unaided School is that which is managed by an individual or a private organization and does not receive any grant either from Government or Local Body.