1. NTSE Rewards, Mode of Disbursement and other important information.
Started in 1963 by National Council of Education Research and Training, National Talent Search
Examination is an annual scholarship examination. NTSE Examination has emerged as a very
prestigious scholarship examination of the nation and the unique thing about the scholarship is
that once the students qualifies for the NTSE Scholarship, they receive the benefits of the
scholarship till the time they continue their studies and there are no restrictions over parental
income, domicile etc. All they need to do is to maintain their academic performance and
maintain a First class academic record i.e. score above 60% marks in their examinations.
The examination consists of 2 stages and is organized at two levels. Level 1 is conducted at the
respective states and is administered by the help of Liaison officers while Level 2 or National
Level is organized by NCERT itself. To participate in stage 2, students need to qualify stage 1
conducted in their respective state. NTSE is open for Indian students studying abroad, those
students need not appear in the Stage 1 examination. Indian students studying abroad will be
allowed to appear directly in the Stage 2 of the NTSE Examination.
There Let us have a look at the some important things related to the reward of National Talent
Search Examination:
 Amount of Scholarship:
o For Class 11 & 12: The students studying in class 11 & 12 will get the monthly
scholarship of Rs.1250.
o For College and University Students: Students pursuing undergraduate and
postgraduate studies in any college or university will get monthly scholarship of
Rs.2000.
o For Ph.D.: The amount of the scholarship for students pursuing Ph.D. courses will
be determined as per the norms of University Grant Commission.
 Mode of Payment: The Scholarship will be paid directly to the beneficiary.
o The scholarship amount will be transferred to the joint account of the awardee by
e-banking or by bank draft (in case e-banking facility is not available.)
o For the release of the scholarship, candidates need to send claim bills in
prescribed format, duly signed by the Head of the Institution. The bills must be
accompanied by the mark sheets of previous examination.
o The scholarship amount will be transferred to the beneficiary on annual basis.
NCERT will disburse the scholarship for April to May for any particular academic
session.
 Forfeiting of Scholarship: The scholarship will be forfeited under the following
circumstances:
o In case the awardee of the scholarship is unable to maintain his /her first class
performance in his academic examination.

2. o If the candidates being awarded with the scholarship visits abroad for study, no
scholarship will be given.
o Being absent from the institution without proper intimation to the head of the
Institution.
 Leaves during the scholarship:
o No leaves are allowed during the period of the scholarship, except on medical
grounds.
o Even on medical grounds, fellows can get leave of maximum 4 months.
That is all about the rewards and other related information about NTSE, To be updated about
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