NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2024 - Check Age Limit, Qualifying Marks here

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NCERT prescribes the eligibility criteria of NTSE 2024 exam for Indian and abroad students. NTSE 2024 eligibility criteria contain the age limit, minimum qualifying marks required to apply for NTSE exam etc. Students must satisfy the complete NTSE eligibility criteria 2024 before filling the forms.

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) conducts NTSE 2024 exam in 2 stages. Stage 1 of the NTSE will be held at the state level exam whereas the stage 2 exam will be conducted at the national level. Students studying in class 10 are eligible to appear in the NTSE 2024 exam.

Those students who will qualify stage 1 exam will be eligible for the stage 2 exam. It must be noted that Indian students studying abroad can appear directly for the stage 2 exam. Students appearing for the exam must check the NTSE 2024 eligibility criteria carefully.

NTSE Exam Eligibility Criteria 2024- Age Limit

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

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2024 for Stage I

Only Indian students, who are pursuing their studies from schools in India are eligible to fill NTSE form 2024. Complete NTSE exam eligibility criteria 2024 is mentioned below.

Students studying in class 10th from recognized 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.

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NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2024 - Check Age Limit, Qualifying Marks here

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2024- 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 2024.

Minimum Qualifying Marks Required in Class 9

State	Minimum qualifying Marks (For General Category)	Minimum qualifying Marks (For Reserved Category)
Maharashtra	60% marks	55%
Rajasthan	55%	50%
Delhi	60%	55%
Uttar Pradesh	55%	44%
Punjab	70%	55%
Bihar	60%	-
West Bengal	50%	40%
Madhya Pradesh	40%	32%
Tamil Nadu	60%	-
Assam	40%	32%
Jammu & Kashmir	60%	55%
Jharkhand	55%	40%
Goa	70%	55%
Uttarakhand	60%	55%
Gujarat	55%	-
Manipur	60%	55%
Himachal Pradesh	60%	55%
Kerala	55%	-
Haryana	55%	-
Puducherry	60%	-
Chandigarh	61%	56%
Odisha	60%	55%

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2024 (Stage 2) for Indian students

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 2024.
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 2024 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.

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

NTSE 2024 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

Category	Qualifying Marks in SAT	Qualifying Marks in MAT
Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes/ Physically Handicapped.	32%	32%
General/ Economically weaker Sections/ OBC	40%	40%

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2024- 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.