National Level Science Talent Search Examination

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Areas of Study :
Mathematics/ Science
Level :
School level
Scholarship Funded by :
Unified Council
Provided to :
Indian Students of classes II to XII

Unified Council's National Level Science Talent Search Examination (NSTSE) is a comprehensive , independent examination that delivers challenging and high quality educational experience through a broad array of applied learning settings. NSTSE is aimed at providing valuable and detailed diagnostic reports for specific improvement and further development of school students.

Unlike other tests which may only find out how much a student knows or has memorised, NSTSE measures how well a student has understood the concepts and provides a detailed feedback on the same, to help him/her improve. Thus NSTSE helps each student to know early, whether he/she has properly understood a concept, so that immediate action can be taken to correct the aberration and pave a path for improvement. Often, students develop conceptual gaps which increase as the students go to higher classes and turn those into a ‘phobia’ for the subject.

School tests - including board exams - tend to test children superficially, only to the extent what they have memorised. But the important skills like the ability to think independently and reason logically – most critical in today's world - are often not aimed at or tested in school tests.

NSTSE aims at improvement rather than comparison or grading. It also reduces the stress of exams by checking ‘understanding and reasoning’ rather than just ‘knowing’.

Eligibility Criteria

Students studying Classes

II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X
XI(PCM) and XI(PCB)
XII(PCM) and XII(PCB)

Application & Selection Process

Students who wish to enroll should fill in the Registration Form enclosed with the information brochure and submit the same. The duly filled in Registration form should be accompanied by a Demand Draft a requisite amount, drawn in favour of UNIFIED COUNCIL payable at Hyderabad, for the following :

Examination Fee, Success series book, Set of Previous Question Papers (MQP), Student's Performance Report (SPR) and postal charges .
One can also register for NSTSE at http://www.unifiedcouncil.com/options.aspx Online payment facility (Net Banking/Debit/Credit Card) is also available.

Registration through School:

Schools can register by sending a single consolidated Demand Draft for the exam fee of all the students appearing for the NSTSE from the particular school. D.D. should be drawn in favour of UNIFIED COUNCIL payable at HYDERABAD.

Frame the list of students in the FORMAT (preferably typed and send it to the address along with the D.D by Courier Service/Register post / Speed Post.

Examination Pattern

NSTSE will be based on the CBSE syllabus. 75% 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.

There is a separate question paper for each class. All questions are objective-type with no negative marking for wrong answers.

The medium for the exam is English.

Duration of the examination for all classes : 90 minutes.

Division of marks in the Question Paper :

For Class II (No: of Question - 50; Marks- 50)
Mathematics : 25
General Science : 25
For Class III & V(No: of Question - 75; Marks- 75)
Mathematics :25
General Science : 30
Critical Thinking : 5
For Classes IV (No: of Question - 100; Marks- 100)
Mathematics : 25
General Science : 45
General Questions : 10
For classes VI to X (No: of Question - 100; Marks- 100)
Mathematics : 25
Physics : 10
Chemistry : 10
Biology : 10
Critical Thinking : 5
For Classes XI & XII (PCM) (No: of Question - 100; Marks- 100)
Mathematics : 25
Physics : 15
Chemistry : 15
Critical Thinking : 5
For Classes XI & XII (PCB) (No: of Question - 100; Marks- 100)
Biology : 25
Physics : 15
Chemistry : 15
Critical Thinking : 5

Details of Awards

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

Gold Medals & Cash Awards (or) Scholarships for the first 3 in each class (ranks 1 to 3)

NSTSE topper is awarded Rs. 2,00,000 cash prize*. The student who achieves the highest percentage of marks among all the classes is declared as NSTSE topper .

The top 3 rankers of each class are awarded a Tablet PC + a Memento + a Medal.

Rankers 4 to 25of each class are awarded a cash prize of Rs. 1000.

Rankers 26 to 100 of each class are each awarded BMA’s Talent & Olympiad Exams Resource Book from M/s.Brain Mapping Academy

*NSTSE topper : A student of any class who achieves 100% marks is awarded a prize of Rs. 2,00,000. If no student achieves the same , then the student who achieves the highest percentage of marks among all the classes, is awarded Rs. 1,00,000. If more than one student achieve the same , the prize money is distributed equally among them. Each topper gets either this prize or the regular prize.

All the rankers (1-100) will be awarded with a Britannica Concise Encyclopedia and The World-2 CD PACK worth Rs. 1690 a Medal and a certificate of appreciation.

Participation certificates for all the students who appeared for the examination.

Contact Details

Unified Council
#16-11-16/1/B, Saleem Nagar, Farhat Hospital Road, Malakpet,
Hyderabad - 500036
Phone: 040-24557708, 24545862, 66139917
Fax : 040-2454 2215
Email: Contact I
Website: unifiedcouncil.com

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