The document provides information about various awards and competitive exams in mathematics including the NTSE, MTSE, NuMATS, Fields Medal, and Mathematics Olympiad. The NTSE is a national level scholarship program that identifies talented students and provides financial assistance. The MTSE is conducted by IISMA and focuses on mathematical reasoning and problem solving. NuMATS is a Kerala government program that nurtures mathematical talents in government schools through an aptitude test and study camps. The Fields Medal is considered the highest honor in mathematics awarded to outstanding mathematicians under 40 years old. The International Mathematical Olympiad is an annual competition for high school students to determine the best mathematics students in the world.

1. AWARDS &
COMPETITIVE EXAMS
IN MATHEMATICS

2. NTSE(National Talent Search
Examination)

3.  NTSE is a national level scholarship program
started by NCERT in the year 1963.
 NTSE (National Talent Search Examination) is
organized to identify and recognize students with
high intellect and academic talent.
 The qualified and talented students are provided
with financial assistance in the form of monthly
scholarship for an entire academic career.
 The amount of scholarship will be,
 Rs. 1250 per month for class 11th and 12th.
 Rs. 2000 per month for undergraduates and
post graduates.

4. ELIGIBILITY
 Students of class X studying in recognized
schools are eligible to appear for stage 1
examination conducted by the state/UTs in
which the schools are located.
 Syllabus of exam : NCERT.
 Medium of exam : English and Hindi.

5. EXAMINATION LEVELS
Stage 1:
 It is held at state/UTs level.
 The state level examination has two parts for
nominating the required number of candidates
for the second level test to be conducted by
NCERT.

6.  Part 1- Mental Ability Test (MAT) - 50
questions
 Part 2- Language comprehensive Test
(LCT) - 50 questions.
 Part 3- Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) -
100 questions (Social studies - 40, Science
- 40, Mathematics - 20)

7. Stage 2:
 It 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 1: Mental Ability Test (MAT) - 100 questions.
 Part 2: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) - 100
questions ( Social studies - 40, Science - 40,
Mathematics - 20 )
 Questions are objective type - Single choice

8. SCHOLARSHIP
 As per the current scheme, A total of 1000
scholarships will be given to students
nationwide out of which 15% reservation is
given to students belonging to SC category,
7.5% reservation is available for ST
Candidates and 27% reservation is given to
OBC Candidates. Also, there is a reservation
of 4% for students with benchmark
disabilities.

9. MATHS TALENT
SEARCH EXAMINATION
(MTSE)
Group members
● Fida
● Fathima sithara
● Varsha.k

10.  Maths Talent Search Examination (MTSE) is a
competitive examination conducted at various levels
by the Indian Institute for Studies in Mathematics
(IISMA).
 The focus of this exam is on mathematical reasoning,
mental ability, novel approach, concepts, accuracy
and speed.

11. ELIGIBILITY FOR MTSE
 MTSE is an open exam.
 Any student studying in Class III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII,
IX under any educational board (CBSE, ICSE, or any
state board) is eligible to appear for the exam.
 Student can appear only for the class in which he/she
is studying during that academic year.

12. FEATURES OF MTSE
 The MTSE compels students to think critically.
 It enhances student's reasoning capacities.
 It tests student’s confidence.
 This exam has negative marking, which give
students exposure to the real competitive test.

13. NATURE OF THE EXAM
 The paper consists of 50 questions.
 Objective type questions.
 Each question has 4 alternatives.
 Questions are to be answered in 90 minutes, on an
OMR answer sheet. The correct answer is awarded with
2 marks, the wrong one carries a negative mark of 0.5.
 There is no negative marking for class 3 and class 4.

14. Syllabus for the Exam
• Syllabus of respective class covered in CBSE and
ICSE
Tentative Exam Date
• MTSE Exam is normally held in the month of
April

15. Awards
 Students scoring above 30 or the Benchmark
score, whichever is higher, are declared as
successful.
 The Benchmark score is the average score of all
the students for that class
 The top 5 rank holders of each class are awarded
mementoes.

16.  The top 200 successful students from each class
are awarded a Certificate of Merit and Cash
prizes worth more than Rs. 3.5 lakh. A
Certificate of Participation is awarded to all
other students writing the examination.

17. NURTURING MATHEMATICAL
TALENTS IN SCHOOLS
(NuMATS)
Group members
• Linsha VV
• Manju K
• Mrudula P

18.  NuMATS is a programme initiated by Kerala
Government under the leadership of state council
for educational research.
 The program was launched in 2012.
 It aims at nurturing young mathematical minds in
the Government school.
 The examination is conducted every year for the
students studying in the sixth class.
 The selection of candidates are done by conducting
an state wide aptitude test. The program was
launched in 2012.

19. Method of selection
 Phase 1 : The aptitude test will be conducted at
all the sub-districts
 Phase 2 : The aptitude test will be conducted at
the state level with the selected candidates of
sub-district level.
 Five persons from each district and four persons
with special skills (74 persons in total) are
selected for the scheme.
 A 15 day study camp is organized for the
selected students.

20. State Study Camp
 Every year in the months of April-May, a 10
to 15 day study camp is organized at the state
level involving 74 students who are selected
through aptitude test.
 Mathematics teachers from the state and from
other states interact with the students in this
study camp.
 Study camp continues till the students who
are selected in the sixth class complete the
twelfth class

21. FIELDS MEDAL
Group members
• Greeshma
• Aiswarya
• Anju

22.  The fields medal is officially known as
International Medal for Outstanding
Discoveries in Mathematics.
 It is regarded as one of the highest honors a
mathematician can receive.
 It has been described as the mathematician’s
Nobel Prize.
 It has several differences, including frequency of
award, number of awards, and age limits.
 It is a prize awarded to two, three, or four
mathematicians under the age of 40 years .

23.  According to the Annual Academic Excellence
Survey by ARWU, the Fields Medal is consistently
regarded as the top award in the field of
Mathematics world wide.
 Another survey conducted by IREG in 2013-14,
the Fields Medal came closely after the Abel Prize
as the second most prestigious international award
in Mathematics.
 The name of the award is in honor of Canadian
mathematician John Charles Fields.
 The prize comes with a monetary award which,
since 2006, has been CA $15,000.

24.  The medal was first awarded in 1936 to Finnish
mathematician Lars Ahlfors and American
mathematician Jesse Douglas.
 In 2014, the Iranian mathematician Maryam
Mirzakhani became the first female Fields
Medalist.
 In all, sixty people have been awarded the Fields
Medal.
 The most recent group of Fields Medalist are
Peter Scholze, Alessio Figalli, Akshay
Venkatesh and Caucher Birkar received their
awards on 1 August 2018 at the opening
ceremony of the IMU International Congress.

25. MATHEMATICS
OLYMPIAD
Group Members
• Ashifa
• Anusree
• Keerthana

26.  The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is
the World Championship Mathematics Competition
for High School students and is held annually in a
different country.
 This race is proof of who is the best in the field of
Mathematics.
 The Math Olympiad was first held in the year 50’s.
Then in the following years, this competition was
always held and became an annual routine agenda.
 Participants come from countries around the world,
One team consists of six people, and in it there is a
chairman with a vice chairman.

27.  Participants sent by their country are high school
students under the age of 20 years and have met the
requirements set by the Mathematics Olympiad
committee.
 It was initially founded for eastern European
member countries of the Warsaw Pact, under the
USSR bloc of influence, but later other countries
participated as well.
 The Mathematics Olympiad activity was
undertaken by NBHM from 1986 onwards and is
currently run in collaboration with the Homi
Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai.

28.  NBHM has taken the responsibility for selecting
and training the Indian team for participation in
the International Mathematical Olympiad every
year.
 For the purpose of administering Mathematics
Olympiad contests, the country has been divided
in 16 regions.
 A regional coordinator is responsible for
conducting these tests in each region

29.  The Math Olympiad is held not only as a
competition. This international event is a proof for
countries around the world about who is the best in
the world of mathematics.
 In Mathematics Olympiad, there are several type of
questions that must be done by the participants
 The question given are a collection of various
branches of the field of mathematics that are taught
in secondary schools.