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Friday, 12 April 2013

NSTSE - National Level Science Talent Search Examination

NSTSE - 2013
NSTSE is a diagnostic test which actually helps students improves. NSTSE helps each student know whether he/she has actually understood a concept early on so that immediate action can be taken. Often students have conceptual gaps which increase as they progress and when they reach the higher classes, they develop a "phobia" for the subject. School tests - including board exams - tend to be superficial, testing what children have memorised. But the important skills like the ability to think independently and reason logically - critical in today's world - are often not emphasised in school tests.

NSTSE measures how well a student has understood concepts and gives detailed feedback on the same, to help them improve. The focus on fundamentals is so important that when the child finishes studies he/she will have to face the competitive world armed with these fundamentals. Even while opting for higher studies, the student has to go through a complete scan of what he/she knows and how much. Exams like JEE (Main & Advanced) earlier called IIT-JEE, AIEEE and AFMC, AIIMS, GRE, GMAT, CAT etc., are so designed to test the fundamental strength of student. Hence the need of the hour is building the fundamentals base as strong as possible.

This exactly is the philosophy behind the Unified Council's NSTSE.

NSTSE different from other tests:
  • It has interesting questions that require thinking, not simply recall.
  • It provides detailed skill-wise feedback highlighting strengths and weaknesses.
  • It provides a benchmark of the student's performance with peers all over the country.
  • Thus, NSTSE focuses on improvement rather than comparison or grading. It also reduces the stress of exams by checking understanding rather than facts.
NSTSE Schedule:
Date of Exam – 27/01/2013 (Sunday)
Time – 10:30 am to 12:00 noon
Last date of Receipt of Application – 10/12/2012

NSTSE Eligibility:
Students are eligible for NSTSE who studying in 
Classes II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI (PCM & PCB) and XII (PCM & PCB)
There is no exam for XI, XII - PCMB group.

NSTSE Exam Pattern:
There will be a different Question Paper for each class. All the questions are objective-type with no negative marking for wrong answers. Duration of the examination for all classes is 90 minutes.
Class               No. of Questions        Marks             Division of Marks subject wise
II                     50                                50                    (Maths-25 + Sc-25)
III                    75                                75                    (Maths-40 + Sc-35)
IV-XII             100                              100                  As given below-

For Classes IV & V:
Mathematics                            -           45
Science                                    -           45
General questions                    -           10

For Classes VI to X:
Mathematics                            -           25
Physics                                    -           25
Chemistry                                -           20
Biology                                   -           20
General questions                    -           10

For Classes XI to XII (PCM):
Mathematics                            -           40
Physics                                    -           25
Chemistry                                -           25
General questions                    -           10

For Classes XI to XII (PCB):
Biology                                   -           40
Physics                                    -           25
Chemistry                                -           20
General questions                    -           10

NSTSE Syllabus:
NSTSE will be based on the CBSE syllabus. 85% of the Syllabus considered for setting the NSTSE Question Paper. NSTSE Question Papers are also suitable for Students of ICSE/ISC and Various State Board/Matriculation Syllabi.

NSTSE Application Form:
You can get a Free Printed Registration Form from NSTSE office by writing a letter along with a self addressed envelope with stamps Rs.5/-

OR

You can also download the Prospectus & Registration Form from here. Please send the filled application form to NSTSE office with required enclosures.

NSTSE Exam Fees:
The duly filled Registration form should be accompanied by a crossed Demand Draft in favour of UNIFIED COUNCIL payable at HYDERABAD.
·         A total of Rs. 150 which includes Exam fee – Rs. 100 + SPR – Rs. 15 + Stamps for sending Success Series book, Hall Ticket, Certificate and SPR – Rs. 35.
·         A total of Rs. 200 which includes Exam fee – Rs. 100 + SPR – Rs. 15 + Set of Question papers Rs. -  40 + Stamps for sending Success Series book, MQP, Hall Ticket, Certificate and SPR – Rs. 35.
Please send the Registration form along with D.D. Preferably by courier/Speed Post.

Note:
Instead of sending the D.D. you can use Online Payment Facility available at www.unifiedcouncil.com You can use Credit Card/ Debit Card/ NET Banking facility for online payment. It saves a lot of paper work and courier charges. You will receive instant confirmation and get the material at the earliest.

SPR-Subject Performance report

NSTSE Certificates:
Merit/Participation Certificates will be issued to all the students who will take NSTSE based on their performance.

Details of Awards:
a.       NSTSE topper will be awarded with Rs. 2, 00,000 cash prize*. The student who achieves the highest percentage of marks among all the classes is declared as NSTSE Topper.
b.      The top 3 rankers of NSTSE2012 will be awarded with a Tablet PC + Memento + Medal.
c.       The next 7 rankers in each class (Ranks 4-10) of classes II-XII will be awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 1000.
d.      The next 15 rankers in each class (Ranks 11-25) of classes II-XII will be awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 500.
e.       Rankers 26-100 of each class will be awarded with BMA’s Talent & Olympiad Exams Resource Book from M/S. Brain Mapping Academy.

·         All the above rankers from class II-VI will be offered a discount coupon of 50% (Rs. 900) on Unified Knowledge Box Activity kit.
·         All the above rankers will be offered a discount coupon of 50% (Rs. 750) on Ambition JEE material.
·         All the rankers (1-100) will be awarded with a Britannica Encyclopedia – 2012 edition CD pack worth Rs. 995 and a certificate of appreciation.

Participation certificates for all the students will be provided who appeared for the examination.

Prizes for State Toppers:
Top 3 rankers in each state (minimum of 10,000 students in a particular state) will be awarded with a special award as a token of encouragement. He/she will be awarded with a Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - 2012 edition CD worth Rs.995 & certificate of appreciation.

Note: State wise ranks are declared after excluding the top 100 ranks across the country.

Consolation Prizes:
Top ranker in each class from selected cities* will be awarded with a Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - 2012 edition CD worth Rs.995.

Top ranker in a city from each class (II – VI) will be offered a discount coupon of 25% (Rs. 450) on Unified Knowledge Box Activity kit and those from each class (VII – IX) will be offered a discount coupon of 25% (Rs. 375) on Ambition JEE material.

List of Selected Cities:
Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhubaneswar + Cuttack, Chandigarh + Mohali + Panchkula, Chennai, Faridabad + Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Indore, Jalandhar, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kanpur, Kota, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Noida + Ghaziabad, Pune, Varanasi,Yamuna nagar + Karnal + Ambala + Kurukshetra, Vadodara and Visakhapatnam

Note: City wise topper is declared after the 100 ranks across the country and state toppers.
City Rank (for every Class) will be declared for the classes having a minimum of 500 students in a particular city.

*NSTSE Topper: 
A student of any class who achieves 100% marks will be awarded with prize money of Rs. 2 Lakh. If none of the students achieves the same, then the student who achieves the highest percentage of marks among all the classes will be awarded with Rs. 1 Lakh. If there is more than one student who achieves the same, the prize money will be distributed equally. Each topper will get either this prize or the regular prize.

NSTSE Contact Details:

#16–11–16/1/B,

Farhat Hospital Lane,

Saleem Nagar, Malakpet,

Hyderabad - 500036. A.P., India.

Ph: 040 - 24545862, 24557708, 66139917, Fax: 040-24542215






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