ssapunjab.org NMMS 2015-16 National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Punjab : Department of School Education SCERT

Organization : Department of School Education SCERT
Scholarship Name : NMMS National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship 2015-16
Applicable For : Class 8th Students
Applicable State : Punjab
Application Last Date : 15.9.2015
Date of Exam : 08 November 2015

Website : http://www.ssapunjab.org/scert/circulars_scert.html
Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/3229-NMMS2015.pdf

National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship :

Under this scheme, it is proposed to award 100,000 scholarships to the gifted or meritorious students whose parental income is not more than Rs.1,50,000/- per annum from all sources.

Related / Similar Scholarship : SSA Punjab NTSE 2016-17

Each State / UT shall have fixed quota of scholarship which will be decided on the basis of enrolment of students in Class VII and VIII in the State/UT concerned and population of children of concerned age group of class VII and VIII. The scheme would provide reservation to different categories of students as per the State / UT norms; as different States / UTs have their own norms of reservation. However, the total number of scholarships to a particular State/UT may be restricted to the allocation made by the Central Government.

These scholarships will be provided quarterly to the students studying as regular students in class IX in government, local body and government-aided schools. The scholarships will be paid from class IX till class XII for a maximum period of four years.

The amount of scholarship is proposed to be Rs.6000/- per annum @Rs.500/- per month.

Procedure for Selection of Awardee Students :
Each State / UT will conduct its own test for selection of students for the award of the Means-cum-Merit Scholarship.

The State Level Examination may consist of the following two tests:
(i) Mental Ability Test (MAT)
(ii) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

Mental Ability Test may consist of 100 multiple-choice questions testing verbal and non-verbal meta-cognitive abilities like reasoning and critical thinking. The questions in the test may be on analogy, classification, numerical series, pattern perception, hidden figures etc.

Scholastic Aptitude Test may consist of 100 multiple-choice questions covering subjects namely, science, social studies and mathematics as taught in classes VII and VIII.

Duration of the Test :
Each test will be of 90 minutes duration. Children with disability will be given extra time, as applicable.

NCERT will provide a uniform set of guidelines to all State/UTs for carrying out the examination and promote evenness of evaluation.

Declaration of Results :
For selecting the students, the following conditions may apply:
(i) The students must pass both the tests i.e. MAT and SAT with at least 40% marks in each. For the reserved category this cut off will be 32% marks.

(ii) The parental income of the students should not be more than Rs. 1.50 lakh per annum from all sources.

(iii) At the time of selection for the award of scholarship the candidate must have scored at least 55% marks or equivalent grade in Class VIII examination. There will be 5 % relaxation for SC/ST.

(iv) The awardees should satisfy the eligibilities and the conditions mentioned in the scheme.

Important Dates:
Last Date of Submission of Form : 15.9.2015
Date of Examination : 08 November 2015