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II. ABOUT NMMS SCHEME
- The Ministry for Human Resource Development, Government of India has launched centrally sponsored National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS). Under this scheme an examination will be conducted and selected candidates will get the scholarship.
- Every year 1,00,000 students will be selected throughout India. Out of which 4087 scholarships are being allotted to Residuary Andhra Pradesh and have been distributed among the districts basing on enrollment in VII & VIII Classes and Child population for each academic year.
- The Director of Government Examinations, Andhra Pradesh, Vijayawada is conducting NMMS examination from August 2008.
- This examination is conducted every year in the month of November for the students who are studying VIII class in Government / Local Body / Municipal / Aided Schools / Model Schools (without Residential Facility).
Date of examination : 03-12-2023
- The beneficiaries are being selected basing on the merit and as per the reservation norms followed by the state.
III. PATTERN OF EXAMINATION
| MAT
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• 90 Multiple Choice Questions.
• 90 Marks & Each question carries one mark.
• No negative marking
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| SAT
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• 90 Multiple Choice Questions
• 90 Marks Covering social science, science and mathematics of class VII & VIII.
Each question carries one mark
• No negative marking.
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Duration for both MAT and SAT is 180 Minutes
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Marks
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| Physics
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12 |
| Chemistry
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11 |
| Biology
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12 |
| Mathematics
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20
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| History
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10 |
| Geography
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10 |
| Pol. Science
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10 |
| Economics
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5 |
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IV. QUALIFYING PERCENTAGE:
1) GEN, BC & PH : 40% (36 MARKS)
2) SC & ST : 32% (29 MARKS)
- NOTE:The student must Qualify both the tests i.e., Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) with at least 40% marks in aggregate taken together for these two tests.
V. SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT:
- 1.The selected student shall receive a sum of Rs. 12,000/- per annum for which the selected student shall have to open a joint Savings Bank Account with their parents in any S.B.I or in any Nationalized Bank which has core banking facility/ESC facility. Accounts other than Savings bank will be rejected at the time of disbursement of Scholarship.
- Every Selected student should Register and submit his/her application on National Scholarship Portal i.e., www.scholarships.gov.in. After successful submission of application on portal, concerned Institute Nodal Officer (INO) should Verify the application through INO Login and the same should be verified by concerned District Nodal Officer (DNO) through DNO Login. Otherwise student will not get the scholarship forever.
- The student should verify Student Login frequently for payment status on National Scholarship Portal. Status is only available in Student Login.
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The Ministry of Education, New Delhi will sanction the scholarship amount and send the list to the SBI, New Delhi for disbursement of scholarship through Aadhaar Based Payment System.
VI. G.O:
- The Govt vide G.O Rt No.713 dated 25/09/2008, permitted the Director of Government
Examinations to collect Rs.100/- for O.C/B.C and Rs. 50/- from S.C/S.T towards examination
fee.
VII. PARENTAL INCOME:
- The candidate’s parental income should be below Rs. 3,50,000/- p.a from all the sources.
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