Assam NMMS 2021 for Class 8 – Application Form (Released), Eligibility, Date

Assam NMMS 2021 – 2022 for Class VIII: Application form for Assam NMMS 2021 for class 8 is available from October 01, 2021. State Level National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme Examination for class VIII will be conducted in the month of December or January. The last date to fill the NMMS application form is October 30, 2021. Students fill the application form online at madhyamik.assam.gov.in. Under this Scheme, a Scholarship is awarded to benefit the children of weaker sections of society. Candidates can get here all the details regarding Assam NMMS 2021 from the article below.

Latest – Application form for NMMS 2021 for Class 8 is available now. Scroll down to Apply.

Assam NMMS 2021 – 2022 for Class VII

Important dates are provided in the schedule below. It is advised to cross-check all the dates & its events before proceeding further.

Event	Dates
Availability of Application Form	01 Oct 2021
Last date of submission of application form	30 Oct 2021
Availability of Admit Card	Released
Date of exam MAT SAT	Dec 2021 Jan 2022

Assam NMMS 2021 – 2022 for Class VII Notification

Directorate or Secondary Education Assam has been released the notification regarding the Assam NMMS 2021-2022 session and link for the same is provided below

• Click here to check the notice regarding Assam NMMS 2021-22 has been released by Directorate or Secondary Education Assam

Application Form

The Online application form for the Assam National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Examination, 2021-22 has been released on the official website and a direct link for the same is provided below. Interested candidates is required to read the instruction carefully which is available on this page before apply online. Candidates should keep the scanned copy of all the essential document details of which is provided below before online Form Submission.

Application Form: Click here to apply online for Assam NMMS 2021 – 2022.

Application Procedure

The application process of NMMS Examination has been made ONLINE. Students have to download the ‘Bidyarthi’ app from the Play store of Android phone. Moreover, they can apply through our official website http://www.madhyamik.assam.gov.in Applicants have to pay the exam fee through Debit/Credit card, internet banking at the time of the application.

Steps to be followed by candidates

1. Documents required for Online Form submission
   • Scanned copy of Candidate’s Photograph.
   • Scanned copy of Candidate’s Signature.
   • Scanned copy of Candidate’s Declaration by Gazzated Officer.
   • Scanned copy of Candidate’s Caste certificate (Only for OBC, SC and ST candidates).
   • Scanned copy of the Candidate’s Disability certificate (Disabled candidates).
2. Candidate must use either Mozilla Firefox OR Google Chrome for best results.
3. Applicants must have a valid Email id .
4. Before filling Online Application Form read the instructions carefully.
5. Fill the Online Application Form carefully and upload scanned photograph and signature (Size of photograph and signature should not be greater than 100KB, 50KB respectively. The photograph and signature should be either in ‘.jpeg’ or ‘.jpg’ format). It should be without cap or goggles. Spectacles are allowed. Candidates not complying with these instructions or with unclear photograph are liable to be rejected.
6. There is provision to make changes in the Online Application Form before submission. However, before clicking on Submit button candidate should verify the entries made in Application Form. There is no provision to make changes in the Online Application Form once Submit button is clicked.
7. PLEASE REMEMBER THE PASSWORD GIVEN BY YOU; IT IS IMPORTANT FOR FURTHER LOGIN. IN CASE YOU FORGET IT, CALL THE HELPLINE NO. 09769199421 [ Monday to Saturday : 10 A.M TO 5 P.M ]
8. After submitting the Online Application Form, you can make the Online Payment by Login
9. If any mistake is done during online submission by the applicant then he/she may fill up and submit another online application afresh before the deadline.
10. Please note that if you do any mistake in filling the online Application Form, it cannot be corrected by the Director Of Secondary Education Guwahati, Assam. The Director Of Secondary Education Guwahati, Assam will take no responsibility of any kind for such mistakes.
11. The Applicant’s email id and mobile number will be used for further communication.
12. After reading the above instructions to fill the Online Application Form, the Applicant has to click Next button to display the Online Application Form.
13. Technical Help Line Number : 1800212005599 ; [ Monday to Saturday : 10 A.M TO 5 P.M ]

Eligibility Criteria

• The students of class VII studying in Govt. & Provincialised Schools are only eligible for NMMS Examination.
• The Parent’s/ Guardian’s income should not exceed Rs.1.5 lacs per annum.
• The students should have at least 55% marks in class VII.

Admit Card

Admit Card for the candidates is available on the official website as per the schedule dates. The candidate can download his/her admit card by putting his/her application number or username from the official website. Any candidate fails to submit the required information or deposit required fee, their application will be rejected and no admit card will be issued against them.

Admit Card: Link to download the NMMS 2021 Admit Card for class VIII is over now.

Examination Centre

NMMSS Examination will be held at almost all the District Headquarters. However, the center of examination may be increased or decreased by the authority depending upon the number of candidates for the Examination from the District.

Exam pattern

The pattern of written examination will be as follows. The examination will comprise in two parts –

• Part I: Mental Ability Test (MAT) for 90 minutes
• Part II: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). The SAT will consist of 90 marks covering Science, Social Studies and Mathematics of class VII & VIII.

Exam	Marks	Questions
MAT	90	90
SAT	90	90

All questions in the booklets are objective type.

Each question carries 1 mark.

Qualifying Marks

Qualifying marks for candidates from the General category are 40% in each paper and for candidates from SC, ST, PH is 32% in each paper.

Answer Key

Assam National-Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) Examination 2021-22 answer key will be published by the officials. The NMMS exam for class VIII will be held in the month of December 2021. Candidates can check the official answer key from the official website of the Assam National-Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS).

Reservation

The Assam State quota is 2411.

• 15% Scholarship will be reserved for students belonging SC category
• 7.5% Scholarship will be reserved for students belonging ST category
• 4% for Physically Challenged Group of Students.

Cut Off

Cut Off will be released after the result have been declared successfully. We will be providing the cut off here on our page for the ease of the candidate.

Previous Year Question Papers and Answer Key

Previous Year Question Papers and Answer Key will help the candidate to understand the pattern of questions in the exam. Also with the help of Answer Key candidate will be able to evaluate the score. Question Papers and Answer Key of previous year will be uploaded here soon.

Selection Process

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)

Mental Ability Test 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 Aptitude Test may consist of 90 multiple-choice questions covering subjects namely, science, social studies and mathematics as taught in classes VII and VIII.

Duration of the Test
Each test will be of 90 minutes duration. Children with disability will be given extra time, as applicable.

Official Website: madhyamik.in

States NMMS Exam