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Organization : State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT)
Scholarship Name : National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship 2016-17
Applicable For : Class 8th Students
Applicable State : Punjab
Application Last Date : 31st August 2016
Date of Exam : 06.11.2016

Website : http://www.ssapunjab.org/scert/circulars_scert.html
Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/9685-NMMS.pdf

National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship:

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.

Related / Similar Scholarship : Punjab SC Pre Matric Scholarship

Eligibility :
** 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.

Examination :
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:
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 :
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.

Important Dates :
The last datefor submission of application form is 31st August 2016
Examination in Maharashtra is 20.11.2016