Name of the Organisation : State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT)
Type of Announcement : NTSE State Level National Talent Search Examination 2014 - 15

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Home Page : http://www.scert.kerala.gov.in/
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STATE LEVEL NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION 2014 - 15

Eligibility for applying for the State Level NTSE 2014 :
Only those pupils who are studying in Class X during 2014 - 15 on any Government/Aided/Recognised schools/Kendriya Vidhyalaya/Navodaya Vidhyalaya in Kerala are eligible to apply for the State Level NTSE.
Pupils who have secured not less than 55% for all non-language subjects in the qualifying examination of class IX of 2013-14 will be admitted.

How to apply :
Pupils are directed to apply Online. Online Registration will start from the last week of August. Last date for Online Registration is 22nd September 2014.
Candidates are directed to enter their EID or UID number (Aadhar Number) while applying Online.

Procedure of the Test :
The test will be conducted in Two Parts of 90 minutes duration each.

Part I - Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) will comprise of 90 objective type questions from Social sciences, Science subjects and Mathematics.

Part II consists of Mental Ability Test - MAT & Language Comprehensive Test.

There will be 50 Questions in Mental Ability Test and 40 question in Language comprehension Test (40 questions in Malayalam Language and 40 questions in English Language). Candidates can choose either Malayalam or English for Language comprehension Test.

Marks scored for language comprehension test will not be considered for ranking. But candidates must score a minimum for 40% marks in Language Comprehensive Test.
All questions in Part II are also of objective type.

Portions included for the State Level Test under Part I are as follows.
a. 9th & 10th Standard portions of Kerala State syllabus for the current academic year.
b. 9th & 10th standard portions of CBSE syllabus for the current academic year.
c. Certain portions studied on lower classes which are essential for the proper understanding of the subjects. The question will be of higher order involving application and reasoning.

The candidate should answer Part I and then Part II after an interval of one hour.
Candidate can choose English, Malayalam, Tamil or Kannada as medium of Examination for SAT & MAT.

Date of Examinations is 02.11.2014.
i) Part I: SAT I consists of 90 objective type questions in Social sciences, Science subjects & Mathematics.
9 am to 10.30 am All candidates except disabled candidates
9 am to 11 am Disabled candidates only
(ii) Part II: MAT & Language comprehension Test consists of 90 objective type questions.
11.30 am to 01.00 pm All candidates except disabled candidates
11.30 am to 01.30 pm Disabled candidates only

Postal Address:
Prof.K.A Hashim
Director
State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT)
(Vidyabhavan)
Poojappura PO
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala, PIN : 695 012