National Standard Examination (NSE) 2020-21

National Standard Examinations (NSE) – The national Olympiad programme follows the five stages for the examination. To participate in the international Olympiads in 2020 students should go through the successive stages of the programme and must enrol for the NSEs in the respective subjects will be held in 2020. Candidate can check their result after the successful examination, the examination process is now over. Candidate can check the details of the application process, eligibility criteria, admit card and updates from this article.

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National Standard Examination (NSE) 2020-21

National Standard Examinations (NSE) for the first stage examination has been over now. Candidates who skip qualifying the first stage NSEs may be allowed, on written request, to the respective National Coordinator, to directly appear for the second stage Indian National Olympiad examination, provided their other eligibility criteria such as age, pre-college status, etc. Candidates can check all the dates below the table:

Schedule for National Standard Examination (NSE) 2020-21

Event	Dates
Start date of Registration For Centres	01 Aug 2020
End date of Registration For Centres	20 Aug 2020
Start date of Enrollment of Candidates	01 Aug 2020
End date of Enrollment of Candidates	14 Aug 2020
Last Date For Payment	16 Sep 2020

National Standard Examination in Astronomy, Chemistry, Biology:

First stage Examination	Date, Time and Venue of Examination	Question paper pattern	Language	Syllabus
National Standard Examination in Astronomy (NSEA)	November 22, 2020 (Sunday) 14:00 – 16:00 hrs Respective NSE registration centre	80 multiple choice questions with negative marking.	English & Hindi (option during registration)	Is broadly equivalent to senior secondary level (up to and including Class XII) of CBSE. There will be greater emphasis on Physics, Mathematics and Elementary Astronomy.
National Standard Examination in Biology (NSEB)	November 22, 2020 (Sunday) 14:00 – 16:00 hrs Respective NSE registration centre	80 multiple choice questions with negative marking.	English & Hindi (option during registration)	Is broadly equivalent to senior secondary level (up to and including Class XII) of CBSE
National Standard Examination in Chemistry (NSEC)	November 22 2020 (Sunday) 11:00 – 13:00 hrs Respective NSE registration centre	80 multiple choice questions with negative marking.	English & Hindi (option during registration)	Is broadly equivalent to senior secondary level (up to and including Class XII) of CBSE.

National Standard Examination in Junior Science And Physics:

First stage Examination	Date, Time and Venue of Examination	Question paper pattern	Language	Syllabus
National Standard Examination in Junior Science (NSEJS)	November 29, 2020 (Sunday) 10:00 – 12:00 hrs KV or JNV nearest to your NSE centre or some other designated centre.	80 multiple choice questions with negative marking.	English & Hindi (option during registration)	Is broadly equivalent to secondary school level (up to and including Class X) of CBSE. All the basic subjects of science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) and Mathematics may have roughly equal emphasis.
National Standard Examination in Physics (NSEP)	November 22, 2020 (Sunday) 08:30 – 10:30 hrs Respective NSE registration centre	A) 3-mark questions, each with only one of four options correct. B) 6-mark questions, each with one or more than one option correct. To get credit, all the correct option(s) and no incorrect option(s) should be marked.	English, Hindi, Gujarati, Bangla (option during registration)	Is broadly equivalent to senior secondary level (up to and including Class XII) of CBSE.

ELIGIBILITY FOR NSE/AND SUBSEQUENT STAGES

Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry and Physics:

1. Must be eligible to hold an Indian passport.

• As per the orders of the Madras High Court, OCI students will NOT be eligible for selection to the Indian team in the International Olympiads (INO). However, such students are provisionally eligible for selection at all prior stages, up to and including the OCSC for stage III, provided they fulfill all other criteria. They are also provisionally eligible to write the selection tests at the OCSC. This policy is subject to revision without prior notice depending on any further orders issued by the courts, or by a competent government authority.

2. Date of birth between 1 July 2001 and 30 June 2006, both days inclusive.

3. Candidate must be residing and studying in India since 30 November 2016 or earlier. OR must be studying in an Indian school system since 30 November 2016 or earlier.

4. Must not have completed (or scheduled to complete) class 12 board examination earlier than 30 November 2018.

5. Candidate must not have commenced (or planning to commence) studies in a university or equivalent institution by 1 June, 2019.

6. Candidate must not be appearing in NSEJS 2018.

Junior Science:

1. Must be eligible to hold an Indian passport.

• As per the orders of the Madras High Court, OCI students will NOT be eligible for selection to the Indian team in the International Olympiads. However, such students are provisionally eligible for selection at all prior stages, up to and including the OCSC (stage III), provided they fulfill all other criteria. They are also provisionally eligible to write the selection tests at the OCSC. This policy is subject to revision without prior notice depending on any further orders issued by the courts, or by a competent government authority.

2. Date of birth between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2007, both days inclusive.

3. Must be residing and studying in India since 30 November 2018 or earlier. OR Must be studying in an Indian school system since 30 November 2018 or earlier.

4. Must not have completed (or scheduled to complete) class 10 board examination earlier than November 2020.

5. Must not be appearing in any of NSEA, NSEB, NSEC or NSEP 2020.

Note: It is the student’s responsibility to determine if he/she satisfies the eligibility norms. If at some later stage it is found that the student does not meet the eligibility norms, he/she may face disqualification from the programme.

Admit card

Candidate can download the admit after the successful completion of the examination. Admit card will be available on the official website and from this page. Eligible candidates can download the admit card for the examination. Candidate should take the admit card with them in the day of examination. All students registered from states other than the state of their School are required to send the scanned copy of the NSE admit card, and the school ID by email to iapt.nse@gmail.com on or before as per schedule; else they will be disqualified.

ENROLLMENT FOR NSE

Enrolment at student’s own school/college :A student can enrol for NSE at his/her own institution if it is a registered NSE centre (see below for registration of NSE centres). The principal would be the contact person for this purpose.

Enrolment at a different school/college: If a student’s own institution is not a registered NSE centre, it is still possible to participate in NSE by registering at a nearby centre. The list of registration centres will be available on the IAPT website: www.iapt.org.in by 2 September 2018.

Enrolment fees: Rs. 150/- per student per subject to be paid to the centre in-charge of the NSE registration centre.

Enrolment dates 1-15 September 2020 (check IAPT website)

NSE centre registration: Any state recognised school/college is eligible to become an NSE centre with a minimum enrolment of 20 students, subject to approval by Chief Coordinator, IAPT Examinations. Online NSE centre registration on the IAPT website will be between 1 and 31 August 2018.

Result

Tentative scores of all candidates appearing for NSE is announced on IAPT website around 25th December. Final result for NSE is announced on IAPT website on 1st January of the following year. Eligible candidates can download the result and take print out of the result for the further use.

About NSE

NSEs are the organizational responsibility of IAPT. All queries about NSEA, NSEB, NSEC, NSEP and NSEJS must be addressed to the above-mentioned address. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT HBCSE IN THIS CONNECTION.

Contact

Prof. G. Venkatesh (Chief Coordinator, IAPT Examinations)

Prof. M. K. Raghavendra (NSE Coordinator)

Dr. V. V. Soman (NSEJS Coordinator)

Address- F11A, 1st floor, Old Physics Building, UG Programme, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012

E-mail: iapt.nse@gmail.com

Tel. No: 080-49087030 (Mon-Fri: 10.00 to 13.00 and 14.00 to 17.00)

Official Website: olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in

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