NTSE 2020 Stage-1 & Stage-2 Official Schedule

The official NTSE 2020 Notification has been issued on July 17, 2019. National Talent Search Examination popularly known as NTSE is conducted by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for identifying and nurturing the talented students who want to pursue higher education in Science and Social Studies streams.

Based on student’s scores in Mental Ability Test, Scholastic Aptitude Test, and Interview, the NTSE scholarships will be distributed. Alike last year, 2000 scholarships will be awarded this year for different stages.

a) Scholarship of Rs. 1250/- per month for class XI and XII
b) Scholarship of Rs. 2000/- per month for Undergraduate and postgraduate
c) Amount of scholarship for Ph.D. is fixed in accordance with the UGC norms.

 NTSE Eligibility Criteria

Students of class X studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for the Stage-1 exam, conducted by the States/UTs, in which the schools are located. There will be no domicile restriction. Students registered under Open Distance Learning (ODL) will also be eligible for the scholarship, provided the student is below the age of 18 years (as on 1st July of the particular year), the student is not employed and she/he is appearing in class X examination for the first time. Those students who quality NTSE Stage 1 are eligible for NTSE Stage 2.

 NTSE 2020 Exam Dates

NTSE will be conducted in two stages:

1. NTSE Stage 1 exam will be held on November 2, 3 & 17, 2019.
2. The stage 2 exam will be held on May 10, 2020.

Only those who qualify Stage 1 NTSE 2020 exam will be called for the Stage 2 exam.

NTSE 2020 Examination Pattern is Given Below :

Paper	Test	No. of Questions	No. of Marks	Duration (in Minutes)
Paper 1	Mental Ability Test (MAT)	100	100	120
Paper 2	Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)	100	100	120

Note: There will be no negative marking done in the NTSE Stage II exam.

NTSE 2019 stage 2 exam date postponed; to be held on June 16

NEW DELHI, MARCH 16: National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has postponed the date for the conduct of National Talent Scholarship Exam (NTSE) stage 2. According to the circular released by Educational Survey Division, the NTSE 2019 stage 2 will now be conducted on June 16 (Sunday) which was earlier scheduled to be held on May 12, 2019. This comes after NCERT increased the number of scholarships from 1000 to 2000 last week.

NTSE stage 1 was conducted on November 3, 4, 18 and 25, 2018. Almost all States and UTs had released the result of stage 1 between January and March but due to increase in the number of scholarships, some states have withheld their result and others will release a revised merit list in April.

The NTSE stage 2 result 2019 will be announced tentatively in the month of September, 2019 in the online mode. The admit card for stage 2 shall be available for download in May on the official website of NCERT. Candidates will have to enter their NTSE stage 1 roll number to download the admit card.

The official circular is attached as under:

Delhi NTSE Stage-1 2019 Result announced...

NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 27 - SCERT New Delhi has released the NTSE stage 1 result for the state. The result has been released in the form of merit list and a total of 78 students have qualified for the stage 2 exam. Of these 78 students, 38 are from General category, 21 from OBC, 10 from SC, 6 from ST and 3 from PH categories. The result mentions roll numbers, names, father’s name, name of school, marks in SAT, MAT and total score along with the rank of the selected students.

Along with the merit list, the SCERT has also released the category-wise cut off scores. Cutoff is the minimum score a candidate needs to achieve in order to qualify the exam.

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Steps to check NTSE Delhi result 2019-

• Visit the official website- http://www.edudel.nic.in/mis/misadmin/DoeNewPublicCircular.htm
• Click on the link - Result of NTSE exam 2019
• The pdf of selected students will appear on the screen
• Check for your name and roll number in the list
• Download and save the result
• Take a copy of the same and secure it for future

NTSE Delhi cutoff 2019

Category	Cutoff marks
General	185
OBC	164
SC	162
ST	136
PH	79

Candidates who qualify NTSE stage 1 shall appear for stage 2 examination on May 12, 2019. The admit card for the same will release in April on the official website of NCERT. Those who qualify NTSE stage 2 will be eligible for NTSE scholarship 2019.

NTSE Puducherry Result 2019 declared !

NTSE Puducherry Result 2019 declared, check merit list here

Directorate of School Education, Puducherry has released the result of NTSE Puducherry stage 1 in online mode. The result is available in the form of merit list which includes the names of selected students who have qualified NTSE stage 1. A total of 10 students have qualified the stage 1.

Students can check and download the NTSE Puducherry Result 2019 following the steps listed below.

• Go to the official website – http://schooledn.puducherry.gov.in/notification/circular2019.html
• This will direct you to a  new homepage.
• Click on the link “National Talent Search (First Stage) Examination – 2018-19 – List of selected students – Reg”
• A pdf file will open.
• The list of qualified candidates of stage 1 will appear on your screen.
• Search for your name.
• Download and keep it safe for future reference.

What details are mentioned in the result list?

Students can see the following details mentioned in their result:

• Serial no.
• Name of the selected student
• Registration number
• School name
• Qualifying status

The selected students in NTSE stage 1 are eligible for stage 2 exam, which will be conducted on May 12, 2019, by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). The admit card for appearing in the NTSE stage 2 will be available for download from the NCERT website in the month of April 2019.

IMPORTANT : NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION (NTSE) – 2017

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) conduct the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), a national level exam, every year to award scholarships. Every year, lakhs of students appear in the examination to avail scholarships. This scholarship examination conducts in 02 stages, Stage-I (conducted at State Level) and Stages-II (conducted at National Level). Both stages include Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Aspirants need to qualify both the examination in order to avail the scholarship. Students should know some important facts and Stats of NTSE Examination before appearing.

• In NTSE 2016 exam, a total of 975 students were declared qualified from across India in NTSE. NTSE examinations test logical and analytical skills of students and where the good understanding of the subject is needed.
• To appear in stage-2 examination, students have to qualify the stage-1 exam. Every year, almost 4000 students appear in Stage-II exam.

NTSE Stage-2 2015 Result has been declared at ncert.nic.in

NCERT history textbooks do not need any changes: HRD Minister

No changes to be made in NCERT books

On Wednesday the government dismissed the idea to change NCERT textbooks, particularly on history. The human resource development ministry informed the Lok Sabha that there is no proposal to study the history textbooks for taking "corrective measures".

The ministry said, "Aryan culture and Vedic age are adequately reflected in the syllabus and textbooks taught in CBSE-affiliated schools" as quoted in a national daily.

Upendra Kushwaha, minister of state for HRD, in a written reply said, "The textbooks of history of class VI, published by NCERT, in chapter 5 and chapter 6 reflect Aryan culture and Vedic age suiting the age group." He also said CBSE is offering an elective course called "Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India" since 2012-13 in classes XI-XII, as quoted by a national daily.  Kushwaha said the course is based on the intellectual achievements of Indian thought that are found across several fields of study in ancient Indian texts ranging from the Vedas and the Upanishads to a whole range of scriptural, philosophical, scientific, technical and artistic sources.

CBSE releases Supplementary Content for Class XII Physics

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has recently uploaded supplementary study material on its website. The material  covers the additional sub-topics included in its Class XII theory syllabus for Physics, in the chapter on Communication Systems, for the March 2015 board examination.

The additional material covers various aspects of internet, mobile telephony and the Global Positioning System (GPS).
This content is not to be found in textbooks prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). The students were earlier informed about the same by the board through a June 2014 notification.
As mentioned on a website, the supplementary material, which has already been made part of the syllabus which was announced earlier, has been uploaded in the public domain for the benefit of the students and teachers.

Students can check the additional study material for Class XII Physics using below mentioned link:
Cbseacademic.in/web_material/doc/2014/15_XII_Physics_Supplimentary_material.pdf

The Board functions under the overall supervision of the Controlling Authority which is vested with the Secretary (School Education& Literecy), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. The Board has various statutory committees which are advisory in nature.
CBSE acts as the board of education for public as well as private schools and holds final examinations for Classes X and XII for affiliated schools. It is also responsible to hold few national entrance examinations for admission into different courses and is the largest examination conducting entity in India.