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Navodaya Vidyalaya Entrance Exam

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:34:00 +0000

// The Central Board of Secondary Education conducts the National Level Competitive Examination for getting admission to the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas where the children get admission to class sixth level. Children who are qualified can also gain admission to class ninth and eleventh through regional level examination which is also conducted by the board according to the marks obtained in the earlier qualifying examinations. Although the admission procedure is less tedious than the private schools, the school does not charge any fee and the education is provided to the students free of cost. Out of the total students enrolled for admissions, around 75% seats are reserved for children coming from rural areas out of which 33% seats are reserved for girl students. Other reservations include for SC and ST categories of students that account for a total of 15% and 7%. As per the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas scheme of schools, scheme promises the availability of one school per district in the country. The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas conduct the entrance tests in 21 Indian languages. The pattern of the exam is non-verbal and only includes objective type questions. The questions are prepared keeping in mind the children who are talented and come from the rural areas do not find any difficulty in attempting the papers. Children who have successfully passed Class five from a recognized school from the district between the age of 9 until 13 are considered as eligible for admission to class sixth. The scheme has the provision of giving admission to a maximum of 80 students in a year to class sixth. In some vidyalaya’s the number is reduced to 40 children due to the shortage of accommodation. Procedure For Admission: CBSE designs and conducts the selection tests for admissions to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas. The test has been given the name Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas Selection Test (JNVST) consists of non-verbal questions, and... Read more

UP Board Allahabad Scheme

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:29:00 +0000

// The department of education introduced the National Merit Scholarship for the UP board Allahabad Scheme.. This scheme was meant for the poor students who were brilliant from class eleventh until post graduation level. There was another scheme that was launched for the scholarship that was provided to students who were pursuing secondary stage of the students at the rural areas, also introduced by the Department of Education in 1971-72. UP board Allahabad Scheme was available for students who were pursuing their senior secondary education, which falls under class sixth until class 12th. The two schemes were merged into one which was named as ‘National Merit Scholarship Scheme’ established by the Department of Education which was implemented from 2005-06.This scheme enabled the students from class ninth until post-graduation to avail this scheme. Since the funds were not available to further this scheme, the scheme had to be discontinued from 2007 onwards. Later, this scheme was reopened by Department of school education and literacy from 2007 onwards under another name ‘National means cum merit scholarship scheme’. UP board Allahabad Schemewould again cover for students from class ninth until 12th. UP board Allahabad Schemehas been designed keeping in mind the lower income groups from various districts that have merit in their studies. This scheme came under the eleventh five year plan which got an approval to utilize Rs. 100 crore for this project. Objectives: The idea behind releasing UP board Allahabad Schemewas to provide monetary assistance to all the meritorious candidates that belong to the low income groups that also acts as a financial assistance that can be met during higher studies. Scope Of The Scheme: The deciding factor in releasing the scholarships depends basically on the examination results of the senior secondary examinations. More than 82000 scholarships are awarded to students per year out which is divided equally among boy and gi... Read more