Jammu & Kashmir Board to conduct NTSE on December 27

The notification for the test is issued by the Director Academics JKBOSE, Farooq Ahmad Peer, who is also the nodal officer of NTSE.

Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) is likely to hold the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) for the year 2020-21. The notification for the test is issued by the Director Academics JKBOSE, Farooq Ahmad Peer, who is also the nodal officer of NTSE. CBSE 10th, JKBOSE 10th and students of class 10th studying in recognized schools affiliated with Kendriya or NavodyaVidyalaya and other schools are eligible to appear for the NTSE’s stage-I examination. “The stage-I exam for NTSE is scheduled to be conducted by JKBOSE on December 27,” the notification reads. “The applicant must have secured 60 percent marks (5 percent relaxation for ST and SC category) in class 9th and should be due for appearing in ensuing class 10th annual examination in November 2020 in Kashmir division and winter zone areas of Jammu division besides the union territory of Ladakh and March 2021 in the summer zone areas of Jammu division,” it further stated.

According to the JKBOSE notification, the students registered under the Open Distance Learning (ODL) are also eligible for the scholarship. “The students should be below the age of 18 years as on July 2020. There will be no domicile restriction for appearing in the exam,” the notification reads. The stage-I selection would be done by JKBOSE and those who qualify the stage-I examination would be eligible for the stage-II national-level exam which would be conducted by NCERT on June 13, 2021. Under the NTSE, about 2000 scholarships are awarded for different stages of education which include a scholarship of Rs 1250 per month for class 10th to 12th.