NTSE 2020

National Talent Search Examination is a scholarship test for Class X students, conducted by NCERT. The NTSE Examination will be held in two stages, Stage I (State Level Talent Search), conducted by SCERTs while NCERT conducts the Stage II (National Level Talent Search). NTSE Stage I 2020 Notification will be issued in the last week of July 2019. NTSE 2020 (Stage 1) will be held on the first Sunday/ Saturday of November 2019 whereas Stage 2 will be held in May 2020. Only Stage 1 qualifiers will be called for the Stage 2 exam, to be held in June 2020. Students will be able to download the NTSE application forms from the first week of August 2019. Based on student’s scores in MAT, SAT and Interview, the NTSE scholarships will be distributed.


New Changes in NTSE Scholarship
 
Last year, NCERT has introduced a few changes in the exam as mentioned below:

• No Language Paper - There will be no language paper in NTSE 2020.
• New Reservation - NTSE Exam has added an extra reservation of 27% for OBC (Non-creamy Layer) apart from the existing 15%, 7.5% and 4% for SC, ST and physically handicapped. The income limit currently is 8 Lakh per annum for OBC NCL.
• Exam Timing - The NTSE test duration has been increased to 4 hours from 3 hours. Duration for MAT and SAT is 2 hours each.
• Total Marks - The total marks have been increased from 150 to 200.
• Number of Scholarship - Increased to 2000 from 1000.