West Bengal NMMS 2020 for Class 8 – Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus, Notification

West Bengal NMMS 2020 – 2021: Directorate of School Education, West Bengal will be released notificaiton for National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Examination (NMMS) 2020-2021. Students can also check the information related to answer key from the official website i.e. scholarships.wbsed.gov.in. Every year NMMS examination is specially conducted for VIII Class Student to enable them to further studies after VIIIth Class. Finally selected Student in the exam is provided with a specified amount of scholarship by the Ministry of Human and Resource Development Department, Govt. of India. All the information regarding to West Bengal NMMS 2020 – 2021 are given below.

West Bengal NMMS 2020- 2021

The main objective of the NMMS examination is to find the meritorious Student from the Economically backward Section. National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Examination, 2020 (for the student studying in class VIII) was held at different centres of West Bengal. The detailed schedule for the same is given below.

Event	Dates
Application form starts date	Oct 2020
Last date to submit the application form	Oct 2020
Last date of application completion	Oct 2020
Download of Admit Card	Nov 2020
Date of examination	Nov 2020
Last date of submit the feedback regarding Answer key	Nov 2020

Application Form

Candidates must ensure that they satisfy the eligibility criteria before filling up the application form. Application Form of West Bengal NMMS 2020 – 2021 will be available on its official website and direct link of the same will also be provided below.

How to Apply?

Step I: Click on the ‘New User Register Here’ link and fill up the personal details along with one Mobile number (a Mobile number and e-mail used once, could not be used the 2nd time for registration) and register. A registration number will be generated which should be noted down along with the password given for future login to the system.

Step II :

• Login to your account using registration number and password.
• Edit the form and fill in other details and upload scanned copy of your passport photograph. The image file for photograph should be in .jpeg/jpg format and maximum size limit is 20KB. Save the form. The form may be edited till it is locked by you.

Step III :

Here you need to choose “Centrally Sponsored National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Examination, 2019” as scholarships type for NMMSE 2019 to proceed. Click on “Centrally Sponsored National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Examination, 2019”. Now you will see a registration form containing some basic details. Here all the details are mandatory. Give proper and valid email id and mobile number as all future communication will made to these. Set a strong password. This password is required to login for application fill up and for the rest of the process. You will get USERID / Registration No after successful registration. You will also receive Email and SMS.

• Applicant has to take out the printed application form and Certificate format along with copies of other necessary documents as mentioned below to the Head of the School/Institution (HOI) and get the HOI Certificate signed with official seal and upload the signed Certificate to his/her account along with scanned copy of:
  • Income Certificate of Parent
  • First page of Bank Passbook
  • Caste Certificate issued by the Competent Authority, if applicable
  • Disability Certificate (40% and above disability must be certified by the Competent Medical Board of the State Govt./Central Govt.), if applicable
• Duly signed by the concerned School Authority latest by 31st August, 2019. The maximum size of scanned document(s) should be 100KB.
• Caste Certificate and Disability Certificate are required only for the SC/ST and Physically Disabled candidates respectively. The application submission is complete only when the Certificate from HOI and other required documents are uploaded, else the candidature of the applicant will be canceled.
• The candidature of the applicant may be cancelled at any stage of the examination process without any reference if any incorrect information is found in the filled-in application form of the said candidate. Also, application form with incomplete/irrelevant information/ photograph/ scanned certificates is liable to be summarily rejected.
• Notification for downloading Online Admit Card will be given on Notice Section. Please keep checking the scholarship portal for the same and any further information relating the examination.

Step IV:

After fill up registration form click on “Register” to complete registration process.

• Click here to know the detailed process of filling up the online application form.

Eligibility Criteria

• Students of class VIII who secured 55% and above marks in the final examination of class VII are eligible to appear in the Centrally Sponsored NMMS Examination, 2020 for class VIII (5% relaxation to SC, ST, Disabled candidates).
• Students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya and State Government run residential schools or any Private school are not entitled to get Scholarship. The students must be studying in recognized Government Schools/Government Aided School/Local Body and Government Sponsored Schools including Madrasah without residential facility.
• Parental Income should be below Rs. 1, 50,000/- (One lakh fifty thousand) per annum from all sources. Income certificate is to be uploaded.

1. For salaried persons employed in Govt. Semi Govt. &Govt. Aided Organization/Institution, Employer Certificate for the period from 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2019 to be uploaded.

2. For Other person, ‘Income Certificate’ for the period from 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2019 obtained from any competent Authority not below the rank of Jt. B.D.O / Executive Officer ( in case of Corporation and Municipality area) is to be uploaded.

Every applicant must have a bank A/c in his/her name. This A/c may be single or a joint A/c (In case of Joint bank A/c, he/she must be the first holder of that A/c). Once the bank detail is submitted it is final and no request regarding change in the bank A/c number will be entertained.

The applicants, who have Aadhaar Cards, link the Bank A/c with your Aadhaar Card positively and mention the same in the space provided in the application.

Exam Pattern

The pattern of Examination is as follows:

• Mental Ability Test (M.A.T) –may consist of 90 multiple-choice questions testing verbal and non-verbal meta-cognitive abilities like reasoning and critical thinking. The questions in the test may be on analogy, classification, numerical series, pattern perception, hidden figure, etc.
• Scholastic Ability Test (S.A.T) – 90 marks covering social science, science, and mathematics of class VII & VIII. Each question carries one mark

SAT basically comprises of Mathematics, Physical Science, Life Science, History & Geography

• The students must pass both the tests i.e. MAT and SAT with at least 40 % marks in aggregate taken together for these two tests. For the SC/ST students, this cut off will be 32% marks.

Exam	Marks	Questions
MAT	90	90
SAT	90	90

Admit Card

Admit Card for West Bengal NMMS 2019 is published on its official website or direct link of the same is provided below for the convenience of the candidates, candidates can able to download it from the official website or from the link given below when available officially. If any problem occurs kindly contact the concerned office of the District Inspector of Schools (SE).

Answer Key

Directorate of School Education, West Bengal  has released the official answer key of West Bengal NMMS 2019 at scholarships.wbsed.gov.in. Students should note that any feedback related to this key after the last date will not be considered and submit the supporting dcouments/ clarifications, otherwise the feedbacks will not be accepted. Candidates who have appeared in the examinations can download the West Bengal NMMS Answer Key 2019 from the link which is provided below.

Result

Directorate of School Education, West Bengal will release the result of NMMS (National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Examination) 2019 after successful completion of the exam. The said examination will be done in various centers of West Bengal. Results will be updated district wise. Candidates will be able to check the result from the link given below or from the official website.

How to check the result?

• Click on the link that will be provided after the declaration.
• You will reach to Scholarship Portal of School Education Department, West Bengal.
• Check the name of your district in the list.
• Click on “download” button on the right of the name of the district.
• The result list will be displayed.
• Search your name in the list.

Cut Off

Cut Off will be released after the declaration ofresult. The students must pass both the tests i.e. MAT and SAT with at least 40 % marks in aggregate taken together for these two tests. For the SC/ST students, this cut off will be 32% marks. We will be providing the cut off here on our page for the ease of the candidate.

West Bengal NMMS 2019- 2020 Merit List

Directorate of School Education, West Bengal has released the district wises merit list selected candidates for class VIII. Check West Bengal NMMS 2019- 2020 Merit List with the direct link is given below.

• Alipurduar Merit List
• Bankura Merit List
• Barrackpore Merit List
• Birbhum Merit List
• Cooch Behar Merit List
• Dakshin Dinajpur Merit List
• Darjeeling Merit List
• Hooghly Merit List
• Howrah Merit List
• Jalpaiguri Merit List
• Jhargram Merit List
• Kalimpong Merit List
• Kolkata Merit List
• Maldah Merit List
• Murshidabad Merit List
• Nadia Merit List
• North 24 Parganas Merit List
• Paschim Bardwan Merit List
• Paschim Mednipur Merit List
• Purba Burdwan Merit List
• Purba Mednipur Merit List
• Purulia Merit List
• Siliguri Merit List
• South 24 Parganas Merit List
• Uttar Dinajpur Merit List

Selection Process

The following selection procedure is based on last year details!!

• Each State/UT will conduct its own test for selection of students for the award of the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship. The State Level Examination may consist of the following two tests:
  (i) Mental Ability Test (MAT) (ii) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
• The students shall have a minimum of 55 % marks or equivalent grade in Class VII examination for appearing in selection test for award of scholarship (relaxable by 5% for SC/ST students). The students should be studying as a regular student in a Government, Government-aided and local body schools.
• The students must pass both the tests i.e. MAT and SAT with at least 40 % marks in aggregate taken together for these two tests. For the SC/ST students, this cut off will be 32% marks.
• At the time of selection for the award of scholarship the student must have scored at least 55% mark or equivalent grade in Class VIII examination. There will be 5 % relaxation for SC/ST students.

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Previous Year Question Papers and Answer Key

West Bengal NMMS Previous year Question Paper

Session	Question Paper
2019	Click Here
2018	MAT | SAT
2017	Click Here
2016	Click Here
2015	Click Here
2014	Click Here
2013	Click Here

West Bengal NMMS Answer Key 2018

Answer Key: 

• Click Here to check the Final Answer Key for NMMSE 2018.
• Click Here to check the West Bengal NMMS 2018 Answer Key.
• Click Here to check notice regarding West Bengal NMMS 2018 Answer Key.

West Bengal NMMS Answer Key 2017

West Bengal NMMS 2017-18 examination was held on Nov 05, 2017 and now the Official Answer key for the same has been published. Candidates can check the answer key which is provided below.

• Click here to check West Bengal NMMS Answer Key 2017.
• Click Here to check West Bengal NMMS Revised Answer Key 2017.

Official Website: www.scholarships.wbsed.gov.in

For more details on West Bengal NMMS 2019 – 2020 download the given information- Notification | User Manual.

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