• National Talent Search Examination is a flahship activity of the NCERT started in the year 1963.

• The scheme covers areas like Sciences, Social Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Management and Law.

• It honours and helps talented students by providing financial assistance in the form of monthly scholarship.

• This assistance is provided up to Ph.D level, for the courses in Basic Sciences, Social Sciences and Commerce.

• For professional courses like Engineering, Medicine, Management and Law this assistance is given only up to Post Graduation.

SCHOLARSHIP :

• On the basis of the examination conducted, 1000 scholarships will be awarded for each group of students appearing for Class X examinations.

• The amount of scholarship will be Rs.500/- per month as per NTS rules.

RESERVATION :

• 15% scholarships will be reserved for students belonging to the SC category,

• 7.5% scholarships for students belonging to the ST category.

• 3% for Physically Challenged Group of Students.

SELECTION :

• There will be two-stage selection process for award of scholarship.

• For Stage-I, selection will be done by States/UTs through a written examination.

• Students who qualify Stage-I will be eligible to appear for Stage-II examination conducted by NCERT.

ELIGIBILITY :

• Students of Class X studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for the respective Class X Stage-I examination conducted by the States/UTs in which the schools are located.

EXAMINATION :

The pattern of written examination for Class X will be as follows :

• Stage I : Examination at the the State/UT level will comprise of two parts, namely

(a)   Mental Ability Test (MAT)

(b) Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) covering Social Sciences, Sciences and Mathematics.

• Stage II : Examination at the National Level will comprise of

(a) Mental Ability Test (MAT)

(b) Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) covering Social Sciences and Mathematics.

SYLLABUS :

• First level NTSE conducted by the State / UT.

• Most questions will be from the State Syllabus of Std. X while fewer questions shall also come from CBSE and ICSE Syllabus.

• The Class X MAT and SAT will consists of 90 questions each.

• SAT will have 35-40 questions for Social Sciences.

• 35-40 for Science and 20-25 for Mathematics.

• Second Level NTSE conducted at the National Level.

• This will include most questions as those that are taken at the CBSE and ICSE, prescribing the NCERT Syllabus.