National Means Cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS)

The Centrally Sponsored Scheme “National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)” was launched in May, 2008. It is implemented by the Department of School Education & Literacy under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The objective of the scheme is to award scholarships to meritorious students of economically weaker sections to arrest their drop out at class VIII and encourage them to continue the study at secondary stage. Scholarship of Rs. 12000/- per annum (Rs.1000/- per month) per student is awarded to selected students every year for study in classes from IX to XII in State Government, Government aided and local body schools. There is quota of scholarships for different states/UTs. Students whose parental income from all sources is not more than Rs. 1,50,000/- are eligible to avail the scholarships. There is reservation as per State Government norms. The selection of students award of the scholarships is made through an examination conducted by the State Governments. Scholarships are disbursed by the State Bank of India directly into the bank accounts of students on quarterly basis.

The students studying in “Kendriya Vidalayas and “Jawahar Vavodaya Vidlayas” are not entitled to get scholarship under this scheme. Similarly, those students studying in Residential Schools run by the State Government Institutions, where facilities like boarding, lodging and education are provided and students studying in private schools are also not eligible for the scholarship under this scheme.

All important notice, orders and circular link

https://rajshaladarpan.nic.in/SD4/NMMS/circulars.aspx

Eligibility Criteria

Applicable only for the meritorious and needy students of India, this NMMS scholarship scheme expects all the applicants to fulfil the eligibility conditions mentioned below in order to be eligible for the selection test conducted to award the scholarship.

• The candidates who wish to apply for this MCM scholarship must be regular students studying in class 8 after getting clear promotion from class 7 with a score of at least 55% or equivalent grades.
• The candidates must be pursuing education from Government/Local Body/Government-aided schools.
• For continuation of scholarship in higher secondary school, the candidate must score at least 60% marks in class 10 board exam.
• For continuing the scholarship in class 12, the scholarship awardee must get clear promotion from class 11 in the first attempt itself with a score of 55% marks or equivalent. For students belonging to SC/ST category, a relaxation of 5% is given in marks.
• The candidates’ annual family income should not be more than INR 3.5 Lakh.
• Also, those students who are enrolled in NVS, KVS, Sainik schools and private schools are not eligible for this NMMS scholarship.

Important Dates

This NMMS scholarship is generally announced every year during the month of July and its deadline falls in the month of October. This application period is tentative as it varies from year-to-year. It may change the next year as per the discretion of the scholarship provider.

How to Apply

How to Apply for NMMS Scholarship?

If you wish to apply for NMMS, you must make sure that you fulfil all the Eligibility Criteria for this NMMS scholarship. Students can apply online form NMMS through National Scholarship Portal. Students are also informed about the availability of NMMS application forms by the authorities of their schools. The last date to submit the filled online NMMS applications is decided by state nodal officer every year. Students can also download the filled form from the official website or collect the same from their schools.

In the case of offline mode, students have to submit the filled NMMS Application form along with necessary documents to the school in which a student is studying. Candidates whose forms are accepted will be able to collect the admit cards from their respective schools, a few days before the exam. Follow the below instructions to submit the NMMS Application form successfully :

• • Candidates can obtain the NMMS Application form through online mode, and two attested hard copy of the application form with essential documents should be submitted to the respective school. The head of school must forward the applications to nodal schools and retain one copy for school record.
• Candidates could download the NMMS application form of their respective state by clicking on the link below

Documents Required for NMMS Application Form

With the NMMS Application form, students have to attach a few documents. All the documents should be attested by the principal of the school and parents. Check the necessary documents that one should attach with NMMS application form-

• class 7th mark sheet (only from government schools)(compulsory)
• Caste Certificate
• Income Certificate of Parents(compulsory)
• Disability Certificate
• Domicile

Exam Pattern

Though NMMS is a Central Government scholarship scheme, its selection test is conducted by each State/UT for their respective students. These tests include a mental ability test and a scholastic aptitude test whose guidelines are set by the NCERT. The applicants need to complete each test in a maximum time duration of 90 minutes. However, children of special abilities are given some extra time to complete the tests. Given below are the details about this State Level Examination Test.

Question Papers

Students preparing to appear for NMMS must solve and analyse question papers of NMMS for better practice. Not only do students get acquainted with the exam pattern, but also score well when they practice NMMS previous year question paper. These question papers are also helpful in understanding the types of questions asked in the NMMS exam. Moreover, NMMS question paper can also be treated as sample papers to analyse the preparation level and identify the weak and strong areas of a student. Aspirants can easily download NMMS question papers of previous year’s on from the links given below. Read the complete article on NMMS question papers to know the process to download the same

Benefits of Solving NMMS Question Papers 2019

• Solving the past year papers help in knowing the pattern and syllabus including the important topics.
• NMMS Previous Year’s papers can also be used to check the preparation level. Students should solve these papers to know your strong and weak areas.
• Students should solve these NMMS question papers in the speculated time to check their calculation speed. hence, solve as many question papers you can to improve your performance on the exam day.
• Solving past year question papers before the test make your aware of the high scoring sections.

NMMS Preparation Tips

1. NMMS syllabus includes the Class 7th & 8th syllabus of NCERT & State boards. Divide the syllabus strategically so that you cover all topics and chapter one month before the exam date for the preparation of the exam.
2. Students should focus on the weak topics more before moving to strong areas. Work on your weak areas more.
3. Cover the entire syllabus to get more marks in the examination as qualifying the exam is not the only criteria to get the scholarship. Students should score good marks to get listed in merit candidates.
4. Practice more NMMS question papers to make your preparation stronger. These last years papers cover most of the important topics.
5. Do not forget to revise the prepare syllabus. The more you revise the better will be your chances to score high in NMMS.

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