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National Talent Search Examination (NTSE)

// August 2nd, 2011 // No Comments » // SCHOLARSHIPS

National Talent Search Examination (NTSE)

STATE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, SECTOR 32-C, UT CHANDIGARH

National Talent Search Scheme is a flagship activity of the NCERT started in the year 1963. The purpose of the scheme was to identify talented students and nurture their talent. Talent refers to the potentiality that manifests itself in a high level of performance in one or more specialized areas. The scheme, therefore, 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 a monthly scholarship. For the courses in Basic Sciences, Social Sciences and Commerce, this assistance is provided up to Ph.D. level. For professional courses like Engineering, Medicine, Management and Law this assistance is given only up to Post Graduation. For the selection year 2012, the NCERT will conduct the National Talent Search Examination.


1. Scholarships: On the basis of the examination conducted, 1000 scholarships (at National level) will be awarded for students appearing for Class VIII examinations. Awardees of NTS Examination will receive a sum of Rs.500/- per month as per NTS rules.
2. Reservation: As per State norms including 3% reservation for Physically Challenged Group of Students.
3. Selection: There will be two-stage selection process for award of scholarship. For Stage-I, selection will be done by State Institute of Education, UT Chandigarh through a written examination. Students who qualify Stage I will be eligible to appear for Stage II examination conducted by NCERT.
4. Important Dates: Dates for Submission of Application Form and conduct of examination
are given below:

AREA DATES
Last date for submission of Application form in State Institute of Education, Sector 32, Chandigarh 31 August, 2011
Date of Examination UT Chandigarh 20 November, 2011 (Sunday)

5. Eligibility to appear in the examination:

  • Scored 65% and above marks in Class VII examination (in the academic session2009-10) and has been promoted to class VIII (in the academic session 2010-11).5% relaxation in marks for reserved category

6. Examination: The pattern of written examination will be as follow: The examination will comprise of two parts, namely (a) Mental Ability Test (MAT) and (b) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) covering Science, social sciences and mathematics of classes VII and VIII level. Each test will have 90 questions. Each question will carry one mark.
7. Merit List: The minimum qualifying marks in each paper will be 40% for general category and 32% for reserved category students to be eligible for award of scholarship.
8. State Quota: Union Territory Chandigarh has been allotted a quota of 10 seats for scholarship. The division of seats will be done according to reservation policy of U T
Chandigarh.
9. Application Form: Application Forms can be collected from the office of Director, State Institute of Examination, Sector-32, Chandigarh from 1 August to 20 August, 2011 or
click here to download. All correspondence relating to application form and other details should be addressed to the State Liaison Officer – Mrs. Sarita Shreedhar.

For more details or quiry, kindly visit the website of State Institute of Education, Sector-32, Chandigarh i.e. http://siechd.nic.in.

10. The completed application form duly signed by Principal of the school should be submitted to the State Liaison Officer before the last date.
11. Announcement of Results: Result of the State Level NTSE will be announced by State
Institute of Education in the last week of February 2012.

For any quiry, official contact number: 0172-2676011.

For online preparation & Guidance, Kindly click on the following link

STSE & NTSE

NATIONAL MEANS-CUM-MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME (NMMSS) BY UT, CHANDIGARH

// August 2nd, 2011 // 1 Comment » // SCHOLARSHIPS

NATIONAL MEANS-CUM-MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME (NMMSS) BY UT, CHANDIGARH

STATE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, SECTOR 32-C, UT CHANDIGARH

Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Government of India has launched a centrally sponsored National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS). Under this scheme
scholarship will be awarded to 1,00,000 students (at national level) selected at the end of class VIII. The scholarship will start from Class IX and would continue till Class XII at the rate of Rs 6000/- per annum. The objective of the scheme is to award scholarship to meritorious students belonging to economically weaker sections to arrest their drop out at Class VIII and to encourage them to continue their studies till Class XII.
 

The students for the award of this scholarship will be selected through the State level
National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) conducted by State Institute of Education, UT Chandigarh for the class VIII students.

 

1. Scholarships: On the basis of the examination 85 scholarships will be awarded to the
students of UT Chandigarh who are appearing in Class VIII examination. The awardees will
be paid for pursuing studies in classes IX to XII.
2. Reservation: As per State norms including 3% reservation for Physically Challenged Group
of Students.
3. Selection: There will be one stage selection process for award of scholarship. The selection will be done by State Institute of Education, Chandigarh through a written examination on the pattern of National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) held by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). For the NMMS, there will be no second stage examination.
4. Important Dates: Dates for Submission of Application Form and conduct of examination are given below:

Area Date
Last Date for Submission of Application Form
in State Institute of Education Sector-32,
Chandigarh		 31 August, 2011
Date of Examination UT Chandigarh 20 November, 2011 (Sunday)
 

5. Eligibility to appear in the examination

  • Scored 55% and above marks in Class VII examination (in the academic session 2009-10) and has been promoted to class VIII (in the academic session 2011-12). 5% relaxation in marks for reserved category.
  • Studying in Government, Local body and Private aided Schools only.
  • Parental income from all sources should not exceed than Rs. 1, 50,000/- per annum.
  • Parental Income Certificate issued by Govt. Employer in case if the parents are Govt.
    Employees and by SDM, UT, Chandigarh in case the parents are in any private service /job has to be attached with the form.
    6. Examination: The pattern of written examination will be as follow: The examination will comprise of two parts, namely (a) Mental Ability Test (MAT) and (b) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) covering Science, social sciences and mathematics of classes VII and VIII level.
    Each test will have 90 questions. Each question will carry one mark.

    7. Merit List: The minimum qualifying marks in each paper will be 40% for general category and 32% for reserved category students to be eligible for award of scholarship.

    8. State Quota: Union Territory Chandigarh has been allotted a quota of 85 seats for scholarship. The division of seats will be done according to reservation policy of UT Chandigarh.

    9. Application Form: Application Forms can be collected from the office of Director, State Institute of Examination, Sector-32, Chandigarh from 1 August to 20 August, 2011 or click here to download . All correspondence relating to application form and other details should be addressed to the State Liaison Officer – Mrs. Jasmine Josh.

    For more information, Kindly visit the website of State Institute of Education, Sector-32, Chandigarh i.e. http://siechd.nic.in.

    10. The completed application form duly signed by Principal of the school should be submitted to the State Liaison Officer before the last date.

    11. Announcement of Results: Result of the NMMS examination will be announced by State Institute of Education in the last week of February 2012.
    Official Contact number for related inquiry: 0172-2676011

    For preparation & online guidance, Kindly go through the package details at the following link:

    STSE & NTSE

CAT 2011 paper pattern is changed

// July 28th, 2011 // No Comments » // Educational News

The Common Admission Test for the IIMs this year will have two sections instead of three and students will have 70 minutes to answer each of them. The test will be conducted online within a 20-day period from October 22 to November 18.

“Candidates will have 70 minutes to answer 30 questions in each section which will have an on-screen countdown timer. Once the time ends for the first section, they will move to the second and will no longer be able to go back,” said Prof Janakiraman Moorthy of IIM Kolkata, who is the convener of CAT 2011.

While the first section will focus on ‘quantitative ability and data interpretation’ and the second part will be on ‘verbal ability and logical reasoning’.

This year, a 15-minute tutorial will be provided before the start of the test. The total duration will be two hours and 35 minutes including the tutorial.

“Considerable effort has been invested in maintaining similar level of difficulty across papers. A small number of statistically and psychometrically validated questions are randomly inserted in each question paper as equating blocks,” Moorthy said.

Three new cities – Bhilai, Jammu and Dehradun – have been added to the previous 33 test locations to bring CAT closer to the northern states.

Source: The Tribune

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Centre to offer J&K youth 5,000 scholarships for 5 yrs

// July 28th, 2011 // No Comments » // SCHOLARSHIPS

Four months after the PM’s Expert Group on Employment in Jammu and Kashmir made far-reaching recommendations to integrate the state’s youth into the national mainstream, the Centre has finalised a scheme to foot the higher education bill of Kashmiri youth studying in colleges outside the state.

The Central Sector Scheme (one that’s fully funded by the Centre), ready for approval by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) which meets here tomorrow, will offer 5,000 scholarships annually for five years to J&K students interested in pursuing general, medical or engineering education in government or private colleges across India, but outside J&K. Over five years, the Centre will foot the entire higher education bill (including tuition fees and hostel costs) of 25,000 J&K students studying anywhere outside the state.

The idea is to end the alienation of Kashmiri students and help them become part of the national stream and find job avenues across the country.

The criteria for selection of students under the scheme would be the marks obtained by them in Class XII. The estimated cost of the scheme has been worked out at Rs 1,200 crore for five years, as  suggested by the PM’s panel. Of the 5,000 annual scholarships, 4,500 would be offered to students pursuing general degree courses and 250 each to those pursuing medical and engineering education.

This division is also based on the recommendations of the PM’s Group which former RBI Governor C Rangarajan had headed. Presenting his report to the government on March 3, Rangarajan had said that the committee had, in their meetings with the J&K youth, sensed their eagerness to flourish in life.

The Group had been set up at the peak of violent protests the Valley had witnessed in the summer of 2010 following the death of a young student in the crossfire.

The 78-page Rangarajan report had talked of educating, training and employing one lakh Kashmiri youth outside the state to help them rebuild lives. Access to higher education was a major part of the recommendations.

Source: The Tribune

 

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