I. DUE DATES
(a) Application online submission from 11-09-2026
(b) Payment may be made from 11-09-2026
(c) Last date for Upload the candidate's application by the concerned Head Masters. 27-10-2026
(d) Last date for Payment of fee. 27-10-2026
(e) Last date for submission of printed Nominal Rolls along with other
enclosures in the O/o.The District Educational Office concerned by (HMs / Principals)
 28-10-2026
(f) Last date for approval of applications at DEO level 29-10-2026

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1. M.David Raju
    Deputy Commissioner, O/o DGE, A.P.
2.M. Surekha
    Addl. Joint Secretary, O/o DGE, A.P.
    Phone No :9177002452
3.V. Haswanth Vivek Babu
    Superintendent, O/o DGE, A.P.
    Phone No :9581611477
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  II. ABOUT NMMS SCHEME
  1. 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.
  2. Every year 1,00,000 students will be selected throughout India. Out of which 4087 scholarships are being allotted to Andhra Pradesh and have been distributed among the districts basing on enrollment in VII & VIII Classes and Child population for every academic year.
  3. The Director of Government Examinations, Andhra Pradesh is conducting NMMS examination from August 2008.
  4. This examination is conducted every year for the students who are studying VIII class in Government / Local Body / Municipal / Aided Schools / Model Schools (without Residential Facility).
  5. The beneficiaries are being selected basing on the merit and as per the reservation norms followed by the state. 
SC(Group I) SC(Group II) SC(Group III) ST BC-A BC-B BC-C BC-D BC-E PH
1% 6.5% 7.5% 6% 7% 10% 1% 7% 4% 3%

   III. PATTERN OF EXAMINATION

MAT • 90 Multiple Choice Questions.
• 90 Marks & Each question carries one mark.
• No negative marking
SAT • 90 Multiple Choice Questions
• 90 Marks Covering social science, science and mathematics of class VII & VIII.
  Each question carries one mark
• No negative marking.
   Duration for both MAT and SAT is 180 Minutes
Subject Marks
Physics 12
Chemistry 11
Biology 12
Mathematics 20
History 10
Geography 10
Pol. Science 10
Economics 5
   Syllabus :
       Course of Study for Class 7 (Academic Year 2025–26) and Class 8 (Academic Year 2026–27, Upto October)

   IV. QUALIFYING PERCENTAGE:

    i. The students must pass both the tests i.e. MAT and SAT with at least 40% marks in aggregate taken together for these two tests. For the SC/ST students, this cut off will be 32% marks.
    ii. The students must have scored at least 55% marks or equivalent grade in Class VII examination. There will be 5% relaxation for SC/ST students.

   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 and should be seeded with the Student Aadhaar.
  2. Every Selected student should complete OTR Registration 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
  3. The student should verify Student Login frequently for payment status on National Scholarship Portal. Status is only available in Student Login.
  4. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. G.O.MS.No.7, Dated: 18-04-2025, Social Welfare (CV) Department on Sub classification of Schedule Castes in to three groups (Group I, Group II and Group III).

   VII. PARENTAL INCOME:

  1. The candidate’s parental income should be below Rs. 3,50,000/- p.a from all the sources.