NATIONAL LEVEL EXAMINATION
Eligibility
The National Talent Search Examination is open for students of Indian nationality whether
they study in India or abroad at Class X level.
Candidates Studying in India
Only the candidates selected by the States/UTs on the basis of their
screening examination shall be eligible to appear in the National level examination to be conducted by the NCERT on the Second Sunday of May each year (unless otherwise notified). The
NCERT will convey the roll number, the venue, the date and time for the national level
examination to all such candidates directly through its portal www.ncert@nic.in.
Candidates Studying Abroad
Students of Indian nationality studying abroad at the Class X level may also compete for
Talent Search Award under the following conditions:
i. The Indian students studying abroad in Class X or equivalent class shall be exempted from
the first level-screening test and shall be permitted to appear directly at the second level
examination conducted by the NCERT.
ii. A candidate shall be eligible to appear in the second level NTS examination only if
he or she has obtained at least 60 per cent marks (in aggregate) at the previous annual
examination.
iii. A candidate will have to appear in the NTS examination at a centre in India at
her/his own cost.
iv. A candidate desiring to appear in the NTS examination may request through the
Head of the Institution where he or she is studying along with an attested copy (by the Head
of the Institution) of the mark sheet of Class IX. The request should reach the Head,
Department of Educational Survey Division, NCERT, New Delhi-110016 latest by 31st
December of the concerned year.
v. The Council shall allot roll numbers to the eligible candidates and inform them
about the date, time and the venue of examination along with other relevant instructions.
vi. No request for change of Centre shall be entertained.
vii. If a candidate is selected, the scholarship shall be paid for pursuing studies in
India only.
viii. Change of center will be permitted in genuine cases and as per instructions issued
from NCERT.
Syllabus
There is no prescribed syllabus for the NTS examination. However, the standard of items shall
be conforming to the level of Classes IX and X. A separate booklet called ‘Learn about the Test’
containing sample items for both the Tests- MAT and SAT is available in print as well as on the
NCERT website www.ncert.nic.in.
Schemeof Testing
The scheme of testing is given below—
Written Examination
The written examination shall consist of two paper; Paper-I Mental Ability Test (MAT)
and Paper-II Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Both the tests will be administered on the same day
Mental Ability Test
There shall be 100 multiple-choice type items, with four alternatives. Each item will carry one mark. Candidates are required to answer the items on a separate OMR sheet as per instructions given in the test booklet and on the OMR sheet.
Scholastic Aptitude Test
The scholastic Aptitude Test will consist of 100 multiple-choice items of one mark each.
Each item shall have four alternatives, out of which only one will be the correct answer. There shall
be 40 items from Science, 40 from Social Science and 20 from Mathematics, Candidates are
required to answer the items on a separate OMR sheet to be provided at the examination
centre as per instructions.
Important Note: Students are allowed to take away question booklets of both the tests (Mental
Ability Test and Scholastic Aptitude Test) after the examination.
Medium
The tests will be available in the following languages: Asamiya, Bangla, English,
Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. The
candidate has to mention his option regarding the language in which he/she want to take the test
in the application form. Accordingly, the question booklet in that language shall be made
available to the candidate at the centre. After exercising this option, no request for the change of
medium will be entertained.
Allotment of E-Admit Cards
The NCERT shall upload the E-Admit Cards for the second level examination on its
website. In case there is any change of address prior to the National Level Examination, it shall
be obligatory on the part of the candidate to communicate the same to the state examining
authority, which in turn shall inform the NCERT for change of address after the candidate has
download the admission letter for second level examination. The same may be communicated to
the NCERT directly.
Venue, Date and Time of the Test
The admission letter shall have all the information about the venue, the roll number, the
date and time of the test. Candidates can download their E-Admit cards themselves before 21
days of examination.
Submission of Photograph
The admission letter issued to the candidate shall contain E-Admit Card to be filled in by
the candidate. She/he shall have to paste an attested passport size photograph at the appropriate
place in the E-Admit Card. This shall have to be submitted to the Centre Superintendent on the
day of the National Level Examination.
The Centre Superintendent, at his own discretion in special cases, may admit a candidate without photograph. However, a candidate shall have to submit an attested photograph to the Centre Superintendent immediately after the examination, which he shall forward to the NCERT.
Centre of Examination
Generally the candidate belonging to a particular state shall be allotted the centre in the
same state. Normally there is only one centre in each state for the National Level Examination.
The conduct of examination at the centers shall be done under the supervision of the Centre
Superintendent appointed by the NCERT. An independent observer for each centre is also
appointed by the NCERT.
Change of Centre
Only in exceptional cases under special circumstances, like transfer of the parents of the
candidates, the centre of examination may be changed on a written request received to the
NCERT within 15 days of the download of the E-Admit Card prior to at least 21 days of
examination. However, it may be noted that in such cases only the English medium test
booklet shall be provided to the candidate at the changed centre.
Conduct of Examination
The Centre Superintendent shall conduct the examination on the date and time of
examination as announced by the NCERT. He/she will follow instructions for the conduct of the
examination as supplied by the NCERT. For various eventualities like the late coming,
malpractice, use of helper (in cases not covered by the instruction from NCERT, the Centre
Superintendent shall follow the rules prevalent for the Board Examination of the State
concerned.
Marking
Each item in both the tests shall carry one mark each. A candidate shall get one mark for
correct response. There will be no negative marking in either of the tests. Nevertheless,
candidates are advised not to resort to blind guessing, which may not be of any help to them.
Processing of Result
The scoring of the OMR-sheets for both the MAT and the SAT shall be done through the
computer. All possible precautions are taken and necessary checks applied while processing the
result to ensure zero error results.
Declaration of Result
The final award shall be declared on the basis of combined scores of MAT and SAT.
Only the selected candidates shall be informed by registered letter and through NCERT website
www.ncert.nic.in. Marks obtained by the candidates in written examination will be revealed to
all the candidates individually through NCERT website.
Rechecking
Since the NCERT applies rigorous checks and counterchecks before the declaration of
result, no request for re-evaluation or rechecking of scripts will be entertained. Candidates will be
provided facility to have access to their scanned OMR sheets which will be placed on NCERT
website along with final scoring key so that they can calculate their own score.
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