NCERT NTSE Notification 2025: Recently National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has announced a notification to conduct a scholarship talent test for the eligible applicants studying in the tenth class. The association had released the NTSE 2025 Notification in the month of August 2025. Every year, NCERT conducts NTSE (National Talent Search Examination) to provide the scholarship for the aspirants who are eligible. Even this the NCERT had decided to conduct the NTSE in the month of November 2025. The association released the NTSE Online Application 2025 on the website. The NCERT had decided to conduct the Talent Search Exams in the month of November 2025. The aspirants can apply for the exams through the below link. Here we provided the NCERT NTSE 2025 Dates, exam pattern, syllabus & other details.
Applications for NCERT NTSE 2025 State I Notification
The NCERT is the popular association to conduct the various exams for the aspirants and providing the scholarship to them, The NTSE is the exam conducted for the aspirants who are studying in 10th class. The exam is conducted all over India at once. The NCERT conducts the NTSE exams in two stages. The Stage-1 Exam is conducted in the month of November 2025. The aspirants who qualify the stage-1 exam will enter into the stage-2 exam. The Stage -II exam is conducted in the month of May 2025. The schools like Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sainik Schools, and Military Schools of the 36 states and UTs of India will take participation in the NTSE. The aspirants before applying for the exam need to go through the below eligibility.
NCERT NTSE 2025 State Wise Exam Centers
The exam is conducted in the states of Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram and Andaman, and Nicobar Islands Delhi, Gujarat, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, Dadra and Nagar
Haveli, Pondicherry, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh.
Eligibility for National Talent Search Exam 2025
Qualification –
- The contenders studying in the 10th Class in a recognized government school are eligible to apply for NTSE exam.
Open Distance Learning (ODL) Students –
- The aspirants pursuing distance education are also eligible to apply for the NTSE.
- The aspirants should not cross more than 18 years.
- The applicant should not be working.
- The aspirants had not applied for the NTSE exam before.
NCERT NTSE 2025 Selected Candidates Scholarship
The aspirants who passed in the NTSE will get the scholarship for the below exams. The applicants will get an amount every month after the passing of the exam. The aspirants will get the exam pattern and syllabus in the below article. The contenders need to visit the official site to get details of the exam pattern.
Level of Education | Scholarship amount for the year 2025 (in INR) |
Class XI to Class XII | Rs.1250/- |
Undergraduate level | Rs.2000/- |
Postgraduate level | Rs.2000/- |
Ph.D. level | As per UGC norms |
Steps for NCERT NTSE 2025 Apply Online
The aspirants interested in attending the exam can go through the office to apply for the exam. The contenders need to keep ready with the ID proof required to apply for the NTSE. The aspirants need to attach the ID proof with the application form. The contenders get the NSTE 2025 Application Form 2025 in the month of September 2025. The students can apply for the exam through the below link apply for the exam. The candidates can use the step by step process for applying for the exam.
- First, the aspirants need to open the official website.
- Go to the Recent Tab and search for the NTSE application link and click on it.
- Enter the details of the aspirant and submit the form.
- The application form will be submitted.
- Then take a printout of the application form.
Click Here For the Online Application of NCERT NTSE 2025
NTSE 2025 Exam Pattern & Syllabus
The aspirants applied for the exam searching for the exam pattern and syllabus. The contenders will get the syllabus on the official site. The applicants can go through the below article to know the exam pattern for the exam. The aspirants need to prepare for the exam based on the bellows topics. There is a negative marking in the exam. If aspirants write one wrong one mark on the exam. The students can practice last year question paper for the exam, to know the type of questions asked in the exam. For the contender’s details visit our website.
Paper | Test | Total Time | No of Questions | Total Marks |
Part – 1 | Mental Ability Test (MAT) | 45 | 50 | 50 |
Part – 2 | Language Test (LT) | 45 | 50 | 50 |
Part – 3 | Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) | 90 | 100 | 100 |
Percentage of NCERT NTSE 2025 Reservation
The NCERT had provided the reservation for each category. The contenders selected in the exam will get the scholarship according to their category. The officials declared the NCERT NTSE 2025 Cutoff Marks on the basis of the previous cutoff, reservation criteria & others. The aspirants need to go to the official site to know the reservation details. The below table shows the cutoff marks or NTSE.
Category Name | Reservation Criteria |
Scheduled Caste | 15% |
Scheduled Tribes | 7.5% |
Physically Handicapped | 4% |
Total reserved scholarships | 26.5% of 1000 scholarships |
NTSE 2025 Cutoff Marks
The aspirants after attending the exam need to go to the official site to know the cutoff marks. The association will prepare the NCERT NTSE Cutoff Score 2025 on the basis of the reservation. The associative prepare the cutoff mark according to the category, last year cut off marks etc details. The aspirants need to go to the website get the last year cutoff marks. The contenders by seeing the below table will get an idea about the cutoff mark. The applicants need to get more marks than the cutoff marks to attend the Stage-II exam.
Test Papers | Maximum Marks | Qualifying Percentage/Marks | |
General | ST/SC/PH | ||
Paper I MAT | 49 | 40% (19.6) | 35% (17.15) |
Paper II English | 50 | 40% (20.0) | 35% (17.5) |
Paper II Hindi | 50 | 40% (20.0) | 35% (17.5) |
Paper III SAT | 96 | 40% (38.4) | 35% (33.6) |
Total Marks | 145 | 40% (58) | 35% (50.75) |
Category Wise NCERT NTSE Cutoff Marks –
Categories | NTSE Cut Off | Maximum Marks of MAT and SAT |
ST | 52. 12 | 145 |
PH | 53.47 | 145 |
SC | 56.43 | 145 |
General | 85.09 | 145 |
Available Dates of NTSE Stage-1 Admit Card 2025
The aspirants who applied for the exam will get the admit card on the official site. The applicants get the admit card one week before the examination. The NCERT may release the NTSE Stage-1 Hall Ticket in the month of October 2025. The releasing date of the hall ticket is intimated on our website. The aspirants need to be in touch with the main website to get more details about the exam.
State Wise NCERT NTSE 2025 Stage 1 Dates
Name of the Association | National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) |
Release Date of MTSE 2025 Applications | August 2025 |
Last Date for Online applications | September 2025 |
NTSE Exam Dates | November 2025 |
Mizoram, Andaman, Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya & Nagaland NTSE Exam Dates | November 2025 |
Release Date of NTSE Call Letter 2025 | October 2025 |
Official Website | www.ncert.nic.in |