Organisation : Education Department SCERT Bihar
Scholarship Name : NMMS 2017 National Means Cum Merit Scholarship
Applicable State : Bihar
Last Date : 31st August, 2016
Notification & Applicable form : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/9465-NMMS.pdf
Website : https://state.bihar.gov.in/educationbihar/CitizenHome.html
Bihar NMMS :
Bihar NMMS 2017 – National Means Cum Merit for Class 8 ,Advt. and Application Form
Related / Similar Scholarship : SCERT Bihar NTSE 2017
Under this scheme, it is proposed to award 100,000 scholarships to the gifted or meritorious students whose parental income is not more than Rs.1,50,000/- per annum from all sources.
Each State / UT shall have fixed quota of scholarship which will be decided on the basis of enrolment of students in Class VII and VIII in the State/UT concerned and population of children of concerned age group of class VII and VIII.
The scheme would provide reservation to different categories of students as per the State / UT norms; as different States / UTs have their own norms of reservation. However, the total number of scholarships to a particular State/UT may be restricted to the allocation made by the Central Government.
These scholarships will be provided quarterly to the students studying as regular students in class IX in government, local body and government-aided schools. The scholarships will be paid from class IX till class XII for a maximum period of four years.
The amount of scholarship is proposed to be Rs.6000/- per annum @Rs.500/- per month.
Procedure for Selection of Awardee Students:
Each State / UT will conduct its own test for selection of students for the award of the Means-cum-Merit Scholarship.
The State Level Examination may consist of the following two tests:
(i) Mental Ability Test (MAT)
(ii) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
Mental Ability Test may consist of 100 multiple-choice questions testing verbal and non-verbal meta-cognitive abilities like reasoning and critical thinking. The questions in the test may be on analogy, classification, numerical series, pattern perception, hidden figures etc.
Scholastic Aptitude Test may consist of 100 multiple-choice questions covering subjects namely, science, social studies and mathematics as taught in classes VII and VIII.
Duration of the Test:
** Each test will be of 90 minutes duration. Children with disability will be given extra time, as applicable.
** NCERT will provide a uniform set of guidelines to all State/UTs for carrying out the examination and promote evenness of evaluation.
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Hlo sir
How much money get student passed after Schorship
When will NMMS 2018 result be announced for class 8th?
Please give me the link. So that we can check the result easily.
I am selected for scholarship 2017 under Bihar NMMS. When will be scholarship amount distributed?
My roll no is 320170602070. May I know my result?
What is the benefit of this scholarship? How much amount will I get?
When will NMS 2017 result be declared?
When will the NMMS result be declared?
When will the NMMS test results be declared?
When will the NMMS result going to be released for Bihar state?
When will NMMS results be declared?
The Result of NMMS Examination will be announced by State Council of Education Research and Training in last week of February 2017
When NMMS result of Bihar 2016-17 will be declared?
When will NMMS result of Bihar 2016-17 be declared?
I want Bihar state nodal officer contact number.
I need sample OMR sheet for state level national means cum merit scholarship scheme exam 2017 conducted by SCERT PATNA Bihar.