In 1963, National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) was introduced to nurture and identify the talented students of class X under the National Talent Search Scheme. It also aimed to award such talented students with NCERT scholarships. NTSE exam is conducted every year in various states for Stage 1 and thereafter Stage 2 examination is held at National level for all those students who qualify the Stage 1 examination.

Students belonging to India but are studying outside India can directly apply for the Stage-2 NTSE examination. The Stage 2 examination which will be held at National level is scheduled to be conducted on 10 May 2015. Eligible students studying abroad and are willing to apply for NTSE Stage 2 examination will be required to fill in the application form before 28 February 2015. The application form enclosed with the photocopies of the mark sheets of all the previously qualified examinations & other required documents must be sent to the In-charge of National Talent Search Scheme Civil, Education Survey Division, NCERT. No fees is charged for the stage 2 NTSE examination.

Stage 1 exam, which was a state level examination was held on 1 & 2 November 2014. The result of this examination has been declared for various states like Assam, Chandigarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttarakhand. But the NTSE Result 2015 for states like West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Tripura, Puducherry, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat, Goa, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh is still awaited.

Who all are eligible to apply for NTSE Examination

Students studying in class X in recognized schools are all eligible to appear for Stage 1 of the NTSE examination from their respective states. Also Indian students studying abroad if fulfilling the conditions listed in the NTS brochure are eligible to apply directly for Stage 2 of the NTSE examination.

NTSE Scholarship Details

NCERT awards 1000 scholarships to the talented class X students. The scholarship amount is Rs. 1250/- per month for Class XI-XII, Rs. 2000/- per month for undergraduates & post-graduates and the amount for Ph.D will be fixed in accordance with UGC guidelines. 15 % scholarship will be reserved for SC category students, 7.5 % for ST category students & 3% for physically disabled category.

NTSE Result 2015

Result for stage 1 examination is announced by State Government/Union Territories whereas the result for stage 2 examination will be declared by NCERT. The students can check their NTSE result 2015 for Stage 1 by following the below mentioned guidelines -

• Students will be required to access the official NCERT website firstly.
• Class X NTSE result 2015 will be published state wise.
• As soon as the state government will announce the results for stage 1 for their respective states, it will be uploaded on the official website.
• Upon locating and clicking on the result link, the students will be directed to the page where the state wise NTSE result will be displayed.
• Students can download and save this result and take print out of it.