West Bengal NTSE 2020 For Class X – Stage 2 Exam (Postponed), Stage 1 Result (Out)

West Bengal NTSE 2020 for Class X: Directorate of School Education, West Bengal has released the result of Stage 1 of West Bengal NTSE 2020 for Class X at scholarships.wbsed.gov.in. The candidates can check the result using the link provided below. Exam date for Stage 2 has also been postponed due to prevailing situation of COVID-19. West Bengal NTSE is a State Level National Talent Search Examination for the students of class X or for those who appeared at the 10th level examination. West Bengal NTSE 2020 application form, admit card, exam date, answer key, result date and other information regarding NTSE are mentioned below.

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NTSE 2020 Stage 2 Exam Postponed.
The result and merit list of Stage 1 has been released. Click here to check the same.

West Bengal NTSE 2020

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West Bengal NTSE is usually conducted by Government of West Bengal Directorate of School Education Bikash Bhavan. This is a talent search examination conducted for class x students every year. Candidates can check the important dates below.

Schedule for the West Bengal NTSE 2020 is given below.

Events	Dates
Start date for receipt of filled application form	01 Aug 2019
Last date for receipt of filled application form along with fee	~~31 Aug~~ 08 Sep 2019
Download of Admit Card	02 – 15 Nov 2019
Date for Stage I Exam	17 Nov 2019
Date for Stage II Exam	~~10 May 2020~~

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West Bengal NTSE 2020 Stage 2 Exam Postponement Notice

NTSE 2020 Notification for Postponement of Stage 2 Exam

West Bengal NTSE 2020 Result

The result of West Bengal NTSE 2020 is released in online mode on the official website. Candidates can check the result using the link provided above. The result is published in the form of pdf file. The Merit list for West Bengal NTSE 2020 is released by Directorate of School Education, Government of West Bengal. The students who appeared in the examination can check their names in merit list from the official site of West Bengal NTSE or from our page.

West Bengal NTSE 2020 Answer Key

The Final Answer Key of NTSE 2020 has prepared by the exam experts after receiving the feedback from the students. Candidates must note that only options mentioned in the final answer key are changed, other answers published as tentative Answer Key on November 25, 2019 will remain Unchanged. Candidates can check the final answer key from the official website of NTSE or through the direct links that which is provided below.

Answer Key: Click here to check the Final Answer Key of West Bengal NTSE 2020.

Notice regarding West Bengal NTSE 2020 Stage I Answer Key

West Bengal NTSE 2020 Notification

The notification related to admit card for West Bengal NTSE 2019-2020 is released by NTSE on the official website or a direct link to check the same is provided below. States and UTs has release the notification regarding the Application Form and for other events and link for the same is also provided here as per the announcement by the States and UTs.

Click here to check the notice regarding admit card,
Click here to check the notice regarding filling the online application form dates.
Click here to check the notice regarding Exam dates for 2019-2020 session is released by NTSE.

West Bengal NTSE 2020 Application Form

Application Form of West Bengal NTSE 2020 is available at the official website. Candidates have to fill their Application form online on or before the last date of application form. The direct link to fill the application form is given below.

Application process is over now…

Note: The applicants of NTSE 2020 are requested to follow their registered e-mail and sms and their profile in scholarship portal using their registration no. and password regularly as the candidates who will be rejected with unlock will get an opportunity to edit and finalise their applications within the last date.

Instructions to fill the Application Form online

Step 1 : Click on the ‘New User Register Here’ link and fill up the personal details along with one Mobile number (a Mobile number and email Id used once, could not be used the second time for registration) and register. A registration number will be generated which should be noted down along with the password given to log in to the system in future.

Step 2

Log in to your account using registration number and password.
Edit the form and fill in other details and upload scanned copy of your passport size 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 in till it is locked by you.
Once the form is filled in with correct particulars and complete in all respect, the same should be locked. A printout of the filled-in application along with the format for Certificate from the Head of the School/Institution (HOI) should be taken out.

Step 3 :

Applicant has to take out the printed application form and Certificate to the Head of the School/Institution (HOI) where he/she is studying and get the Certificate signed with official seal and upload the signed Certificate to his/her account along with scanned copies of:
- 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

Parental gross annual income certificate (under non-creamy layer) only in case of OBC candidates as per Central Govt. norms for the last financial year (April 01, 2018 to March 31, 2019) issued by the Competent Authority [Employer’s Certificate in case of salaried person of Govt. and Govt. aided organization and for others from competent authority not below the rank of Jt. B.D.O / Executive Officer (In case of Corporation and Municipality area)].
The documents must be duly authenticated by the concerned School Authority. The maximum size of each scanned document should be 100KB.
Caste Certificate and Disability Certificate(s) 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 rejected applicant will get an opportunity to rectify the application by September 08, 2019.
The candidature of the applicant may be canceled at any stage of the examination process without any reference if any false/incorrect information is found in the filled-in application form of the said candidate. Further application form with incomplete/irrelevant information/ photograph/ scanned certificates is liable to be summarily rejected.
Notification for downloading Online Admit Card will be notified on Notice Section. Please visit scholarship portal for the same and any further information relating the examination.

West Bengal NTSE 2020 Eligibility Criteria

All students of Class X studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for the Stage I examination, conducted by the State/ UTs in which the schools are located. There will be no domicile restriction.

Students of class X of any affiliated and recognized school under W.B.B.S.E./W.B.B.M.E./I.C.S.E./C.B.S.E in West Bengal securing 50% and above marks for General and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and [40% and above marks for S.C/S.T/OBC (as per Central Govt. norms)/ Physically Disabled Candidates] in the final examination of class IX are eligible to appear at State level NTSE, 2020.
Students who have registered under Open Distance Learning (ODL) under NIOS / West Bengal Council of Rabindra Open Schooling and secured 50% for General and EWS candidate and above marks in the pre-10th level examination [40% and above marks for SC/ST/OBC of Central List(Non-creamy layer) / Physically Disabled Candidates] will also be eligible to appear at the examination provided the student is below the age of 18 years (as on 1st July, 2019), the student is not employed and he/she will appear at class 10th level examination for the first time. In case of Study Centres under ODL mode, the Coordinator or Authorized person shall authenticate the required particulars of the candidates mentioning approval number, code etc. of the Study Centre.
E.W.S. Candidates must submit certificates of EWS, otherwise they will be treated as general.
It may be noted that OBC applicants only under Non-Creamy Layer of income group (as per Central Government norms) and also belong to OBC category of Central List will be treated as OBC for this examination and for getting scholarship. The OBC applicants not belonging to Central List will apply as General. Please refer details given on www.ncbc.nic.in/user_ panel/centralliststateview.aspc regarding the Central list of OBC.

West Bengal NTSE 2020 Exam Pattern

Stage I & II: Examination at the State/UT level will comprise papers i.e

Papers	Test	No of questions	marks	Duration
Paper-I	Mental Ability Test (MAT)	100	100	120 minutes
Paper-II	Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)	100	100	120 minutes

All questions in the booklet for stage-I examination are objective type.
Each question carries one mark.
There is no negative marking in the said examination.
At Stage II There will be a negative marking.

West Bengal NTSE 2020 Mock Test

Candidates are advised to take the mock test for the preparation of NTSE examination. It helps in getting the idea of Exam pattern and also help in management of time for answering the question in the test. You can access the below link to start the mock test and study calmly.

NTSE Stages	Mock Test
SAT	Click Here
MAT	Click Here

West Bengal NTSE 2020 Admit Card

Admit Card for NTSE 2020 was issued on the official website. Those candidates who had fill their application before the last date, they can download the NTSE Stage-I Admit card. Candidates can download it from official website or through the direct link provided below.

Admit Card downloading Process is over now!

West Bengal NTSE 2020 Cutoff

Cut Off for West Bengal NTSE 2020 will be available on the official website of exam conducting body. Candidates can check the NTSE 2020 Cut Off from here as per official announcement. Cut off will release after the declaration of the result. Candidates are advised to check here for knowing the cutoff. A direct link will be available here. We will be providing the cut off here on our page for the ease of the candidate.

West Bengal NTSE other Information

There is no income bar in applying for this scholarship.

The government does not charge any fee for this examination.

There are two Educational Districts in addition to 23 Revenue Districts in West Bengal. Those are- BARRACKPORE Educational District (comprising of Sub-Division:- BARRAKPORE & BIDHANNAGAR) and SILIGURI Educational District (comprising of SILIGURI Sub-Division only)

Further newly created districts are Purba Burdwan (Sub-Division:- Katwa, Kalna, Burdwan Sadar North, Burdwan Sadar South), Paschim Burdwan (comprising of Asansol and Durgapur subdivisions), Kalimpong (comprising of Kalimpong sub-division), Jhargram (comprising of Jhargram sub-division). There are two newly created subdivisions i.e Jhalda in Purulia district and Mirik in Darjeeling district.

If the candidate is studying in any school under the Jurisdiction of BARRACKPORE or BIDHANNAGAR Administrative Sub-division in that event, he/she must choose BARRACKPORE as district instead of NORTH 24 PARGANAS or KOLKATA.
If the candidate is studying in any school under SILIGURI Administrative Sub-division in that event, he/she must choose SILIGURI as district instead of DARJEELING.

Applicant should opt for the district in which he/she actually resides within the administrative jurisdiction of the respective district.