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ProgNO. IV/001740/NTS/2010

State Council of Educational Research

and Training (SCERT)Vidhya Bhavan, Poojappura,

Thiruvananthapuram - 695 012.

Dated 24.07.2010

C I R C U L A R

National Talent Search Examination

State Level Screening Test - 2010 -11

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 In order to identify talented young pupils from

very early stages the NCERT is organising the

National Talent Search Examination at Class

VIII level.

1.2 To minimise the number of competitors at

National level, a State Level Screening Test

will be conducted in November at Class VIII

level. The National Level Examination will be

conducted in May in the succeeding year.

1.3 One Thousand scholarships will be awarded

to the National Level winners. Of these, 225

will be reserved for the Schedule Castes/

Scheduled Tribes and 30 for physically

challenged group of children.

1.4 Scholarships upto Ph.D. level/ post graduate

are provided to the winners at the National

Level.

2. ELIGIBILITY FOR APPEARING FOR THE

SCREENING TEST.

2.1 Only those pupils who are studying in Class

VIII of any government/ aided/ recognised

schools/ Kendriya Vidyalaya/ Navodaya

Vidyalaya during 2010 -2011 are eligible to

appear for the screening test and for thesecond level examination to be conducted

by the NCERT in May 2011.

2.2 For the State Level Screening Test, only

those pupils who have secured not less than

C+ grade (50% - 55%) for all the non-

language subjects in the qualifying

examination of Class VII of 2009-10 will be

admitted. This is to be certified by the Head

of Institution.

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2.3 Pupils who wish to apply for the screening test should

ascertain the grade they have got in the non-

language subjects for the final examination in Class

VII during 2009-10 from the school authorities

before procuring application forms.

3. HOW TO APPLY

3.1 The application for the State Level Screening Testshould be submitted in the prescribed application form

developed by the SCERT.

3.2. Pupils can download the Application form and other

details for the State Level NTS Exam from the SCERTs

website: www.scert.kerala.gov.in or the website of

the IT@School - www.itschool.gov.in. Specimen

application form is also available at the Office of the

District Educational Officer of the district concerned.

3.3 Examination fee for Rs.100/- and filled in application

form should be submitted to the school in which the

candidate is studying. However, pupils of SC/ ST andBPL categories are exempted from paying the

examination fee. Application fee for all the

candidates in a school should be collected in

cash and remitted by a single demand draft

and sent along with the application forms,

with a covering letter of the head of the

institution. The applications should be accompanied

by the demand draft drawn on or before31. Aug. 2010.

The application form and the admission card should

be properly filled in. It should be certified duly by the

Head of the Institution. The demand draft should be

drawn in favour of The Director, SCERT payable at SBTService Branch, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram (see

the instructions on pages 5,6 and 7 before filling in the

application form).

3.4. Passport size photographs of the applicant duly attested

by the Head of the Institution should be affixed at the

space provided both in the Application Form and in the

Admit Card.

3.5. The duly filled in application form should be forwarded

to THE LIAISON OFFICER (N.T.S. EXAM) STATE

COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ANDTRAINING (S.C.E.R.T.), POOJAPPURA,

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -12.

3.6. Applications may also be deposited in the box kept for

the purpose at the SCERT, POOJAPPURA till 5 pm.

on the last date of submission of application.

3.7. THE LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF THE

APPLICATIONS IS 31-08-2010.

3.8. Applications received after the specified time will not be

considered.

3.9. The columns provided for the Centre Code Numbershould be filled in by the candidate by referring to the

Centre Codes given in the Instructions to the candidate.

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3.10. THE DATE AND TIME OF THE SCREENING TEST IS

21 November 2010 from 9.00 a.m. to 01.00 p.m.

4. PROCEDURE OF THE TEST

4.1 The screening test will be conducted in 38 educational

districts and in Lakshadweep. The list of the Examination

Centres with the Code Number in each Educational

District is given in page 7.

4.2 The test will be conducted in two parts of 90 minutes

duration each. The first part will comprise of 90

objective type questions to test General Mental Ability.

The second part will consist of 90 questions on

Scholastic Aptitude in non language subjects namely,

Social Science, General Science and Mathematics. All

questions under the second part also are of the

objective type.

4.3 In both the parts, each question carries one mark.

4.4 The portions included for screening test under part twoare as follows.

a. 8th standard portions of Kerala syllabus for the current

academic year.

b. 8th standard portions of CBSE syllabus for the current

academic year.

c. Certain portions studied in lower classes which are

essential for the proper understanding of the subjects.

4.5 The questions will be of higher order involving application

and reasoning.

4.6 The candidate should answer PartI and then Part II

after an interval of one hour.

4.7 Question booklets should be returned along with the

answer sheets to the Invigilator.

4.8 Instructions should be carefully followed for marking

the answers in the Answer Sheets.

4.9 The SCERT applies vigorous checks & counter checks

before the declaration of result. Hence no request for

re-evaluation or re-checking of scripts will beentertained.

5. THE SECOND LEVEL TEST

5.1 The SCERT will send the data cards of the selected

candidates soon after the declaration of results of the

State Level Test to the NCERT with all details for further

communication.

5.2 The NCERT will directly inform the candidates the timeand venue of the Second Level Examination.

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5.3 In addition to the written test at the National Level, the

winners have to undergo an interview conducted by the

NCERT.

5.4 The final result of the National Level Test will be

declared taking into account the performance of the

candidate at the interview.

5.5 The Language in which you would like to get the questionpapers should also be noted in the application form. You

may choose English, Malayalam, Tamil or Kannada as

your language.

5.6 Any attempt of canvassing would lead to the

disqualification of the candidate.

Liaison Officer

(NTS Exam)

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