2. Index
Introduction
Historical background
Details Regarding NTSE
NTSE V/S RTI V/s Resonance
NTSE in 2010
NTSE in 2011
How to write RTI
NTSE courses @ Resonance
Beyond the call of Duty
Splendid success of Resonite in NTSE Stage-1'2012
Success - A tradition at Resonance
Achievement & Results
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3. Index
Our Competitors
Talent Search Examination conducted by NGOs
Competitive exams at Junior Level - Why Important ???
International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO)
Competitive exams conducted by Unified council, Hydrabad
Competitive exams conducted by SOF,New Delhi
Competitive exams conducted by Silver Zone,New Delhi
Competitive Exams Calender
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4. National Council of Education And
Training
NTSE is a scheme to identify talented students. It’s the oldest & most prestigious scholarship
exam in India.
Being conducted by NCERT (National Council of Education Research and Training) which
was started in 1963.
Advantage: Through NTSE, talented students are honoured and helped by providing financial
assistance in the form of monthly scholarship.
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5. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Earlier This programme took up the shape of a scheme called National Science Talent
Search Scheme (NSTSS) in the year 1963.
It was renamed as National Talent Search Scheme (NTSS) in 1976
the scheme was made open to the students of Classes X, XI and XII
A major change in the scheme came in 2006, The following modifications have been
made in the scheme.
* The scheme has been brought down from Class X to Class VIII.
* The National Talent Search examination will be held at the end of Class VIII from
the year 2007 onwards.
* The Class VIII MAT and SAT will consist of 90 questions each.
* SAT will have 35 questions for Social Science, 35 for Science and 20 for
Mathematics.
* Quota for a state will be computed proportionally on the basis of student enrolment
in Classes VII and VIII. 5
6. Details Regarding NTSE
Eligibility : Student Studying in class- VIII
Syllabus : NCERT
Medium : English & Hindi both.
Scholarship: On the basis of the examination conducted, 1000 scholarships are awarded
throughout the nation. Awardees receive a sum of Rs. 500/- per month.
Assistance up to Ph. D. level – for courses in Social Sc., Basic Sc. & Commerce
Assistance up to Post Graduation – for courses in Engg., Management & Law
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7. Examination levels:-
Stage-1 is held at state / UT level
The state level examination has two parts for nominating the required
number of candidates for the second level test to be conducted by the
NCERT.
Part-I: Mental Ability Test (MAT), - Total 90 questions
Part-II: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) - Total 90 questions
(S.St – 35, Science -35 & Maths 20)
Stage-2 is held at National level
Candidates acquiring more than the required percentage in the state level examination are
eligible to appear for the national level examination.
Part-I: Mental Ability Test (MAT), - Total 100 questions.
Part-II: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) – Total 100 questions
(Maths 20, Science 40 & S.St- 40)
Objective Type - Single Choice
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8. Reservations : 15% for SC, 7.5 % for ST & 3% for
Physically Challenged Students
Negative marking : Normally there is No negative marking
in this exam.
Syllabus : Normally upto VIII standard NCERT. It is made
available with the Application Form.
Month of stage -1 : 3rd Sunday of November
Month of stage -2 : 2nd Sunday of May 8
11. NTSE
V/s
Right to Information(RTI) Act
V/s
Resonance
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12. NTSE in 2010
Earlier Only Qualified students's
result was uses to declare with
their Roll No. !!!
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13. NTSE 2011
For the students welfare it was necessary to bring transparency in
the system (as they were not able to judge themselves properly
due to incomplete information). So to make this task accomplish
our HOD Mr. Nilesh gupta took initiative by using RTI & after the
lots of efforts of him we got victory in bringing transparency in
NTS Examination. With the effect of RTI there were lots of
changes that have been made in NTS Examination.
Like : -
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14. NTSE 2011
* Marks & Rank were declared
* paper back to the students
* Able to access ORS & answer key
* No. of students appeared & selected for the
examination were declared
* Cutoff were declared
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15. How to write RTI
Dated: 12 Feb 2011
PIO
SIERT, 111 Saheli Marg
Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan
File Ref No: RTI/NCERT/SIERT/1
Sub: Information seeking under Right to Information Act.
Dear Sir,
I am submitting this request exercising my RIGHT TO INFORMATION
to provide me following information regarding result of National 15
Talent Search Examination stage-1 ( for class VIII students)
16. NTSE Courses @ Resonance
Workshops : - 5 days workshop
Crash Course : - One month crash course
Test Series :- 3 or 4 tests in Live, online &
postal mode through which
students get AIR
Study Material :- NTSE Pre-foundation, NTSE
Plus
Test Papers :- Last 5 years' papers of NTSE
stage-1
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17. Why???
We conduct Crash course & worskshops for both
NTSE stage-1 & stage-2.
NTSE stage-1 is conducted at State level. Every state
has his own criteria & syallabus for NTSE stage-1
examinaiton. Still many outsiders come here to attend
the workshop for the preparation of NTSE stage-1!!!
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18. Beyond the call of duty
Student Name - Adarsh Gupta
Study centre - PCCP Bhopal
Class - VIII
Have a brief : -
> He appeared for NTSE-Stage-I conducted by M.P.
State.
> We filled RTI-1 about answer key of question paper and
his OMR and marks obtained in exam.
>After getting reply, We filed RTI-2 to know the no. of
seats in MP state and rules for filling the seats and
reservation quota, copy of rules to give weightage of
wrong question and taking the correct answer of Q.80
from Hindi version (MAT) instead of English version.
>From the reply of RTI-2 we got to know that result was18
19. Do you remember the incident of the
student who has become NTSE scholar
in 2009 & didn't getting his scholarship
amount since then??
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23. Our Competitors
Allen :- allen.ac.in
FiitJee :- fiitjee.com/
Mottion : - motioniitjee.com
Career Point : - careerpointgroup.com/
Rao : - raoiitacademy.com
Garg : -gargclasseskota.com/
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24. IESO
It is conducted by Geological Society of India
The IESO is intended to raise student interest in and public awareness of Earth Science, to enhance
Earth science learning of students, and to identify talented and gifted students in Earth science.
The IESO is aimed at improvement of teaching of Earth science in school.
Eligibility : Students of X and XI standards who were born between 15th September 1993
and 15th September 1996, and who have not won a prize in an earlier IESO.
Centers : 56 centres across the country
No. of Stages: 3
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25. IESO
Duration- 1 1/2 hours
Language- English
Type of que.- Multiple-choice and fill in the blanks
Syllabus- Geosphere-45 marks
Atmosphere-20 marks
Hydrosphere-15 marks
Astronomy-20 marks
Stage-2 - Training camp(20 selections) in May at Mangalore
Stage-3 - 4 students will represent India at Argentina in Oct,2012
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27. Talent Search Examinations
Conducted by
Non- Government Organisation (NGOs)
HAVE U EVER
HEARD OF THESE
EXAMS
National Science talent search examination (NSTSE) BEFORE ???
Unified Cyber Olympiad (UCO)
International Olympiad of English Language (IOEL)
International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO)
National Cyber Olympiad ( NCO)
National Science Olympiad ( NSO)
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28. COMPETITIVE EXAMS AT JUNIOR LEVELS -
WHY
IMPORTANT ???....
Value addition
Personal Development
Aptitude Building
Develops Competitive Quotient (C.Q)
You will be one step ahead of other
students………
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29. Competitive Exams conducted by
Unified Council, Hydrabad
Unified Council
NSTSE UCO
Website : - unifiedcouncil.com
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30. Competitive Exams conducted by
Unified Council, Hydrabad
National Science Talent Search Unified Cyber Olympiad (UCO) motivates
Ecamination (NSTSE) is a diagnostic test children to strengthen their knowledge in
which tests a student on the basis of mental ability, logical reasoning & computer
conceptual clarity and understanding. knowledge.
So the emphasis in NSTSE is on Proficiency in these areas will help every
independent thinking rather on memorizing child to face the problems related to
or cramming software solutions, management crises,
lack of judgment and decision making.
Students of classes 2nd to 12th can
appear in this exam Students of classes 2rd to 10th can appear
in this exam
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31. Competitive Exams conducted by
Unified Council, Hydrabad
NSTSE UCO
Eligibility 2 to 12 3 to 10
Duration 90 Minutes 60 Minutes
Science, Maths Mental
Paper Pattern & General Ability,Reasoning,
Awareness Computers,English
Negative Marking No No
Stages 1 2
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32. Competitive Exams conducted by
Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF)
SOF
NCO NSO IMO IEO
Website :- sofworld.org
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33. Competitive Exams conducted by
Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF)
NCO NSO IMO IEO
Eligibility 2 to 12 1st to 12th 1st to 12th 1st to 12th
Duration 60 minutes 60 minutes 60 minutes 60 minutes.
Computers and Science and Very according to the
Syllabus Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics class.
Negative marking No No No No
Mental Ability Logical and Analytical
Logical and Analytical Reasoning Word and Structure
Reasoning Mathematical Knowledge
Computer and objective-type Reasoning Reading
Information (Multiple Choice) Everyday Spoken and Written
Paper Contains Technology questions Mathematics Expression
Stages 2 2 2 1
Medium English English English English
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34. Competitive Exams conducted by
Silver Zone
* International Informatics Olympiad (IIO)
* International Olympiad of English
Language(IOEL)
* International Olympiad of Mathematics (IOM)
* International Olympiad of Science (IOS)
* Smart kid Genera Knowledge Olympiad
(SkGKO)
Website : - silverzone.org
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