National Means cum Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) 2023 – 24 announced

Department of School Education and Literacy, Government of India has invited online applications for the National Means cum Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) for the year 2023 – 24

This scholarship  provided on yearly basis to the students studying as regular students and entering in class IX in a Government, Government Aided, local body schools, Thus the scholarship will be for a maximum period of four years. The students studying in Kendriya vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya vidyalayas, are not entitled to get scholarship under this scheme.

A separate examination shall be conducted by the State Governments / UT Administrations for selection of students for the award of the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarships in the States / UTs.

Each state / UT will conduct its own test at stage of class VIII for selection of students for the award of the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarships, The state Level Examination may consist of the two tests – Mental Ability Test (MAT) / Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Each test will be of 90 minutes duration

Mental Ability Test shall consist of 90 multiple-choice questions testing verbal non-verbal meta-cognitive abilities like reasoning and critical thinking, questions in the test may be on analogy, classification, numerical series, pattern, perception, hidden figure

scholastic Aptitude Test shall consist of 90 multiple-choice questions covering subjects namely, science, social studies and mathematics as taught in classes VII and VIII. The students must pass both the tests i.e. MAT and SAT with at least 40 % marks in aggregate taken together for these two tests. For the SC / ST students, cut off is 32% marks

ELIGIBLITY

Students who have passed Class VII, Studying Class VIII in Government, Government Aided, local body school, have scored minimum of 55 % marks or equivalent grade in Class VII examination (relaxable by 5% for SC/ST students) are eligible to apply, parental income from all sources is not more than Rs 3.5 Lak per annum

BENEFIT

The selected students receive monthly scholarship of Rs 1,000 for 12 Months for 4 years

DOCUMENTS

The documents required to apply are Income Certificate, Caste Certificate, Bank Account Details, Aadhar Card, 

LAST DATE

Online applications for the National Means cum Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) for the year 2023 – 24 to be submitted within 30th November 2023

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