National Talent Promotion Scheme 2006

National Talent Promotion Scheme

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National Talent Promotion Scheme 2006

National Council Of Educational Research And Training (NCERT) is going to award 100 Scholarships under the scheme titled " National Talent Promotion Scheme For School Dropouts." Under this Scheme there is a provision of Scholarship for Scheduled Castes (15%) and for Scheduled Tribes (7.5%) each year. Award includes financial assistance in the form of both monthly Scholarship and annual book grant. The awardees will receive the Scholarships throughout their academic career upto Ph.D level for pursuing their education in basic sciences and social sciences including commerce. Those who Presently the scheme will be implemented for a period of one year on trial basis.

Selection for Scholarship has two stages. At first stage, selection is done by individual states / UTs through a written Examination. Those candidates who qualify at the first level examinations, are only eligible to appear for the second level examination conducted by NCERT. At this stage there will also be an interview. The details of Examination are given below.

Date Of Examinations:

State Level: Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur and Nagaland - 26th November, 2005 (Saturday)

All Other States and UTs - 27th November, 2005 (Sunday)

National Level:

All States and UTs - 14th May, 2006 (Sunday)

Only those students who have passed class VII/VIII at least three / two years prior to appearing in this NTPS examination are eligible to appear in the state level examination from the state in which candidates intend to register for appearing in class X examination as per conditions given below.

** The student could not continue their studies as a regular student after completion of elementary / upper primary stage (class VII/VIII) in their respective State/UT.

** The should have secured atleast 40% marks in class VII/VII

** Their age should be between 15-20 years as on July 01, 2005

** The children who are registered or intend to register as a private candidate with a Board of School Education or State/National Open School in a state for Class X examination are eligible . No domicile restriction shall be imposed.

States/UTs may impose any fee for examination and/or for application form . NCERT does not charge any fee for second stage examination.

The written examination has two parts : Part I Mental Ability Test(MAT), Part II - Scholastic Aptitude Test(SAT) which contains items from science, social sciences and mathematics of class IX and X standard at both the stages. Science comprises Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Social Sciences comprise Political Science, Economics, History and Geography.

Application Forms will not be provided ny NCERT. They will be available with Liaison Officers (LOs) of a state/UT listed below. Completed forms should be submitted to LOs/District Centres of NTPS Examination. last date for submission of application form will be notified by the LOs and will be at least 60 days before the date of examination. Common Application Forms can be down-loaded from NCERT website www.ncert.nic.in

The results of the first stage examination will be announced by the respective State / UT. The result of the second stage examination will be declared by NCERT.

Deptt. Of Eductional Measurement & Evaluation, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi - 110 016

Disclaimer: NCERT has not authorized or approved tests conducted by any other agencies for issue of certificates or award of Scholarships and bears no responsibility whatsover for them.

Addresses of Liaison Officers Please refer the website or Employment News 30 July - 5 August 2005

Reference Website:www.ncert.nic.in

National Talent Promotion Scheme 2006