NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2021 - Check Age Limit, Qualifying Marks here

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2021 - NCERT will release the eligibility criteria of NTSE 2021 exam for Indian and abroad students on its official website ncert.nic.in. NTSE 2021 eligibility criteria contain the age limit, minimum qualifying marks required to apply for NTSE exam etc. Students must satisfy the complete NTSE eligibility criteria 2021 before filling the forms else their registration will be cancelled. National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) conducts NTSE 2021 exam in 2 stages. Stage 1 of the NTSE will be held at the state level exam whereas stage 2 exam will be conducted at the national level. Students studying in class 10 are eligible to appear in the NTSE 2021 exam. It must be noted that Indian students studying abroad can appear directly to the stage 2 exam. Students who will satisfy the NTSE 2021 eligibility criteria will be able to apply for the exam in July/ August 2020. NTSE Exam 2021 stage 1 will be conducted tentatively in November 2020. Those students who will qualify stage 1 exam will be eligible for the stage 2 exam. Students appearing for the exam must check the NTSE 2021 eligibility criteria carefully.
Latest: NTSE stage 2 exam 2020 which was scheduled to be conducted on May 10, 2020, has been postponed in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak. Know the details here.

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2021- Age Limit

NCERT has prescribed the age limit to appear in the NTSE stage 1. Students should be below the age of 18 years (as on July 1, 2020). This age limit is applicable for both Indian students as well as for students of Indian origin studying abroad.

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2021 for Stage I

The NTSE Stage 1 exam will be conducted in the first week of November 2020. Only Indian students, who are pursuing their studies from schools in India are eligible to appear in the stage 1 exam. Complete NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2021 is mentioned below.

• Students studying in class 10th from recognised schools are eligible to appear in NTSE stage 1.

• Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navodaya Vidyalaya, and Sainik School students can apply for NTSE from the state where their school is located. There will be no domicile restrictions for them.

• Open and Distance Learning (ODL) students are also eligible to appear in the NTSE stage 1. They must not be employed anywhere. They must be appearing in 10th exam for the first time.

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2021- Minimum Qualifying Marks Required in Class 9

Some states have a set qualifying percentage of marks in class 9 exam as an eligibility condition for appearing in the NTSE stage 1 exam. Refer to the table below check the minimum qualifying marks required to be obtained in Class 9 before applying for NTSE 2021

Minimum Qualifying Marks Required in Class 9

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2021 (Stage 2) for Indian students

NTSE 2021 stage 2 exam will be conducted in the month of May 2020, tentatively. Students who will successfully qualify stage 1 will be eligible to appear in the stage 2 exam.

• Firstly, students have to score minimum qualifying marks in the stage 1 exam to qualify for stage 2.

• All the states will release the NTSE cut off for their respective states along with the NTSE result.

• Students should obtain section-wise and category-wise cutoff to get selected for the stage 2 exam.

• This should be noted that, If a student attains cutoff marks but fails to qualify any of the sections, then he/she will not be selected for the NTSE stage 2 exam.

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2021 for Stage 2 (Students Studying Abroad)

NTSE stage 2 is a national level examination conducted by NCERT. Indian students studying abroad in class 10 can appear directly in the NTSE stage 2. However, they have to fulfil certain criteria listed below.

• The age of a student must be below 18 years.

• He/she has obtained at least 60% marks in class 9th annual examination.

• Students have to appear in the exam at a centre in India at their own cost.

• They have to send the attested copy of mark sheet of class 9 to the Head, Department of Educational Survey Division, NCERT, New Delhi by December 31.

If a student got selected, the scholarship shall be paid to only those who will pursue their further studies in India.

NTSE 2021 Qualifying Marks

The qualifying marks for NTSE are provided by NCERT. These are the minimum marks that students have to achieve to qualify for the next stage.

NTSE Qualifying Marks

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2021- Reservation of Seats

As per the provision of NCERT, some seats are reserved for SC/ST and PWD students. This reservation is also applicable to the Indian students studying abroad, only if they continue their further studies in India. Check the table below for reservation criteria.

NTSE Reservation Criteria

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