NTSE 2020 application form released

The registration process for NTSE 2020 has begun for many states on the official website, the link for which is ncert.nic.in. Candidates can fill the application form offline directly after downloading it from the official website. Apart from this, candidates can also access their application form from the office of Liaison Officer. Stage 1 exam will be held on November 2, 3 and 17, 2019, whereas the Stage 2 exam will be conducted on May 10

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.

NTSE Answer Key now available

NTSE Stage 1 & 2 State Wise Selections

STATE	SELECTIONS IN STAGE-1	SELECTIONS IN STAGE-2	%
RAJASTHAN	274	130	47.45
MAHARASHTRA	390	103	26.41
UTTAR PRADESH	802	69	8.6
KARNATAKA	211	63	29.86
MADHYA PRADESH	293	53	18.09
DELHI	86	49	56.98
ODISHA	128	44	34.38
HARYANA	102	40	39.22
TAMIL NADU	235	39	16.6
Telangana	126	37	29.37
PUNJAB	108	36	33.33
KERALA	143	31	21.68
JHARKHAND	88	22	25
WEST BENGAL	299	22	7.36
GUJARAT	173	21	12.14
CHATTISGARH	90	17	18.89
Andhra Pradesh	144	12	8.33
UTRAKHAND	49	10	20.41
BIHAR	267	8	3
CHANDIGARH	13	8	61.54
HIMACHAL PRADESH	34	6	17.65
ASSAM	89	1	1.12