Posted by TCYonline.com on August 20, 2011
Announcement for National Talent Search Examination 2012
NTSE has announced the National Talent Search Examination 2012. The purpose of the scheme was to identify talented students and nurture their talent. Talent refers to the potentiality that manifests itself in a high level of performance in one or more specialized areas. The scheme, therefore, covers areas like Sciences, Social Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Management and Law. It honours and helps talented students by providing financial assistance in the form of a monthly scholarship. For the courses in Basic Sciences, Social Sciences and Commerce, this assistance is provided up to Ph.D. level. For professional courses like Engineering, Medicine, Management and Law this assistance is given only up to Post Graduation. The NCERT conducts the National
Talent Search Examination for students studying in Class VIII only.
Scholarships: On the basis of the examination conducted, 1000 scholarships will be awarded for each group of students appearing for Class VIII examinations. The amount of scholarship will be Rs.500/- per month as per NTS rules.
Reservation: 15% scholarships will be reserved for students belonging to the SC category, 7.5% scholarships for students belonging to the ST category and 3% for Physically Challenged Group of Students.
Selection: There will be two-stage selection process for award of scholarship. For Stage-I, selection will be done by States/UTs through a written examination. Students who qualify Stage I will be eligible to appear for Stage II examination conducted by NCERT.
Important Dates: Dates for Submission of Application Form and conduct of examination are given below:
| Stage |
Area |
Dates |
| Stage I (State) |
Last Date for Submission of Application form |
31st August, 2011 |
| Examination in Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Andman and Nicobar Islands |
19th November, 2011 |
| Examination in All Other States and Union Territories |
20th November, 2011 |
| Stage II (National) |
Examination in All States and Union Territories |
13th May, 2012 |
Eligibility: Students of Class VIII studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for the respective Class VIII Stage I examination conducted by the States/UTs in which the schools are located. There will be no domicile restriction.
Examination: The pattern of written examination for Class VIII will be as follows:
Stage I examination at the State/UT level will comprise two parts, namely (a) Mental Ability Test (MAT) and (b) Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) covering social sciences, sciences and mathematics.
Stage II examination at the National level will comprise (a) Mental Ability Test (MAT), (b) Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) covering Social Sciences, Sciences and Mathematics.
Sources: http://www.ncert.nic.in/programmes/talent_exam/pdf_files/ADNTSCL08_2012_ENGLISH.pdf
Posted by vatsala krishna on May 11, 2010
TIPS for preparation
- Be thorough with Class VIII Maths, Science and Social Sciences , the entire portion.
- Have a revision of Class VII Maths and science Syllabus
- Have a good study of Class IX Maths and Science Syllabus
- Do a lot of practice so as to save time in the exam hall
- Refer books published for NTSE purpose by good authors and practice a lot for Mental Aptitude Test.
- Understand the concept behind the question figure and try to find the answer figure.
- Don’t attempt the questions you are not very confident about, in order to avoid losing marks in negative marking.
- Be well prepared and confident.
Posted by TCYonline.com on July 25, 2008
LUDHIANA, July 25 – ‘STEPS’, the schools’ division of city’s Top Careers & You (TCY), is organizing a two-day free Science workshop for Class X students on Saturday and Sunday (July 26 & 27).
This annual exercise would focus on the chapter on ‘Electricity’, which remains one of the ‘pain points’ of class X Science students.
The workshop, to be held from 4-6 p.m. each day, will be free for all Class X students who have scored over 80 per cent marks in Science. For others there will be a nominal fee of Rs. 300.
“Thanks to lot many misconceptions generated over the years on the vital chapter of Electricity, most of the students remain a confused lot. I think misleading text-books are mainly responsible for this mess-up,” said Mr. Viji Raj, Project Manager, ‘STEPS’ Sarabha Nagar centre. Even some portions of the NCERT textbook may ‘mislead’ the students.
It is believed that this workshop will give the students a crystal clear idea of the concepts involved while dealing with the topic on Electricity. The four-hour workshop, split into two days, will comprise an exhaustive lectures interspersed with multi-media demonstrations and practicals.
A question-answer session will follow every two hours of exhaustive round. Mr. Viji Raj expressed the hope that this workshop would help bettter prepare the students for their Board exams.
Students can register themselves by calling at 4611411, the ‘STEPS’ Sarabha Nagar centre.
It may be noted that ‘STEPS’ is the premier program for Class IX and X of TCY. It has branches throughout Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir. In Ludhiana, apart from Sarabha Nagar, it has centres at Civil Lines and Jamalpur.
Hundreds of free tests are available on the website, www.tcyonline.com, for different levels of school students which help supplement their classroom education and improve their grades. These tests help the students in analyzing their progress by benchmarking themselves with other students in the country. Tests are also available for various competitive exams being held from time to time at the school level.
‘STEPS’ also trains students for the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) and other Olympiads being conducted at the all-India level. It prepares students for tenth standard board exams and other talent hunt competitions. This program has been into NTSE training for the last seven years now. Students are being trained through postal, online and physical classrooms. So far, scores of students have passed out with flying colours.
Posted by TCYonline.com on June 2, 2008
Maintaining its rich tradition of excellence in providing ‘quality and innovative’ education to its students, Ludhiana’s Top Careers & You (TCY), through its program for schools called ‘STEPS’, has brought in some innovative changes at its Sarabha Nagar centre.
Yesterday, during a Science class, ‘STEPS’ Class X students had an opportunity to get a hands on learning experience related to the anatomy of heart.
Interestingly, a preserved sheep heart was dissected in the classroom to educate the students about various internal structures of a human heart. This is the first time that such an initiative was taken by any educational institution in Ludhiana.
The demonstration was given by Mr. Ajay Walia, ‘STEPS’ Instructor, Life Sciences.
“Since a sheep’s heart is very similar to a human heart in its structure and function, we decided to conduct a dissection on it so that the students can understand internal structures of heart and relate them to their functions,” said Viji Raj, Center Head, STEPS, Sarabha Nagar Center, explaining the basic idea behind the whole concept.
This unique ‘dissection session’ got a very enthusiastic response from the students. Some students expressed the desire to have such sessions quite often. It may be noted that ‘STEPS’ has planned many such activities during the coming days to make the Science study interesting for the students.
It has been observed that normally when students read about heart’s structure and functions in their books, they are unable to get a clear picture about shape, size and other aspects of this vital organ. However, conducting activities and experiments like this would increase the interest of students, leading to effective learning and understanding of the concepts.
It may be noted that ‘STEPS’ is the premier program for Class IX and X of TCY. It has branches throughout Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir. In Ludhiana, it has centres at Civil Lines, Jamalpur and Sarabha Nagar.
Hundreds of free tests are available on the website, www.tcyonline.com, for different levels of school students which help supplement their classroom education and improve their level. These tests help the students in analyzing their progress by benchmarking themselves with other students in the country. Tests are also available for various competitive exams being held from time to time at the school level.
‘STEPS’ also trains students for the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) and other Olympiads being conducted at the all-India level. It prepares students for tenth standard board exams and other talent hunt competitions. This program has been into NTSE training for the last seven years now. Students are being trained through postal, online and physical classrooms. So far, scores of students have passed out with flying colours.
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