NRTS Scholarship Exam 2024: Registration, Eligibility & Amount, Result

The National Rural Talent Search organization has launched the NRTS Scholarship Exam to provide financial assistance to students belonging to the backward category of Odisha state. Under this scheme, monetary help will be provided to the students to continue their education without worrying about any financial hurdles. All the students who clear the eligibility criteria are eligible to apply for this scholarship. The students can fill out the application form by visiting the official website of the organisation. Check out more information related to the NRTS Scholarship Exam 2024 by the article given below.

What Is NRTS Scholarship Exam 2024?

The National Rural Talent Search Examination is an initiative which is presented by the Government of Odisha state. In this scholarship program, the students will be able to get Rupees 250 per month for a time period of 36 months. Around 5 students from each school can take part in this scholarship examination presented by the Government of Odisha state. The scholarship amount will be electronically transferred every month to the bank account of the beneficiaries. You will have to enter the examination by giving a fee of Rupees 60.

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NRTS Scholarship Exam Latest Updates 

Online application for the National Rural Talent Scholarship (NRTS) Examination is now invited from permanent residents of the Odisha state so that they can get financial assistance to continue their education. Students who belong to the minority community can fill out the application form for this prestigious opportunity. Students can fill out the application form for the scholarship starting from 7th August 2023 and the scholarship of opportunity will be available till 19th August 2023 on the official website. Students can access the official website at the Board of Secondary Education Odisha portal. Students are responsible for submitting the application form as soon as possible in order to get financial assistance directly into the bank account. The financial assistance must be used to pay the application or the tuition fees of the students.

Details Of BSE Odisha NRTS Exam 2024

Name	NRTS Scholarship 2024
Launched by	Government of Odisha state
Objective	Providing scholarship opportunities
Beneficiary	Students of the Odisha state
Official Site	NRTS
Official Notification	Notification

Important Dates

Starting Date Of Application Form	7th August 2023
Closing Date Of Application Form	19th August 2023
Starting Date For Downloading Admit Card	Update Soon
Closing Date For Downloading Admit Card	Notify Soon
Date Of Examination	Update Soon
Date Of Result Publication	Update Soon

NRTS Scholarship Eligibility Criteria 

The applicant must follow the following eligibility criteria to apply for the scholarship:-

• The Candidates selected for this examination shall have continuous and regular study for two school years immediately preceding the examination in one or more recognized schools of the types mentioned under Regulation 2 supra, and duly recommended by the District Inspector of Schools based on their performance at the Middle School Common Examination.
• Candidates other than those belonging to the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe must not be over 15 years of age on the date of examination. In the case of candidates belonging to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe, the age limit shall not exceed 16 years on the date of examination.
• The candidates who have failed previously at this examination or were detained in Grade 5 or 6 (Class VI or VII) are not eligible to appear at this examination.
• The Candidates of unrecognized schools presented at the U.P. Common Examination through the nearby recognized schools are also not eligible to sit for this examination
• The candidates shall be examined in two papers each of a duration of 1 hour 30 minutes. 
• The contents of the paper are-
  • Paper-I( M.I.L., History, Civics and Geography), 
  • Paper II (Mathematics and General Science).
• The type of questions shall be objective and the candidates shall be required to mark the answers on the O.M.R. question papers.
• The Centres for this examination shall be fixed by the examination committee only at the District / Sub-Divisional headquarters and the candidates of a particular area shall have to appear at those centers.
• The Board shall tabulate the marks of both papers and send a copy of the register to the Circle Level Committee to select scholars for the award of M.E. Merit/ Merit cum Poverty scholarships and scholars for the award of N.R.T.S. from the schools situated in the rural areas.

Benefits Of Odisha NRTS Scholarship

The following benefits will be provided to the candidates in this scholarship:-

• The selected students will get Rs.250/- per month for 36 months till he/ she continues his/ her studies at the secondary level with satisfactory performance. 
• Maximum 5 (five) Nos. of students from a school can sit for the examination

NRTS Exam Award Money Disbursement

The award money will be distributed among the candidates following the following procedure:-

• The scholarship money shall be disbursed to students through electronic transfer to their Bank Accounts. 
• Soon after the publication of the result and issue of the award memo, the awardees will be informed to open a joint bank account (student and one of the parents) and submit the account details to the DEO/ BEO who will transfer the award money to the account of the student. 
• No other mode of payment is allowed.

Examination Fees

The applicant will be liable to give the following examination fees:-

• The fee for the NRTS Examination, 2016 is Rs.60/- (Rupees Sixty) per candidate.
• The Headmasters of Upper Primary & UGME Schools are required to collect the detailed information of the students as per format (available on the website) along with the total fee and deposit with the concerned Block Education Officer for doing the online registration.
• The fee has to be deposited in the form of a PAY-IN SLIP to be automatically generated during the online registration.

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Application Procedure NRTS Scholarship 2024

To apply for the scholarship you will have to follow the simple procedure given below:-

• Go to the NRTS website of the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha state by clicking on the link given here 
• The homepage of the organisation will open on your screen.
• The homepage will open on your screen
• You have to now click on the option called 2023-08-07 ONLINE APPLICATION FOR NATIONAL RURAL TALENT SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION  

• The school authorities will have to log in using their credentials.
• Now they will fill out the application form on the basis of the students who want to apply for this scholarship. 

NRTS Scholarship Exam Result 2024

• You will first have to visit the official website of the scheme by clicking on the link given here
• The homepage will open on your screen
• You have to now click on the option called NRTS Scholarship Exam Result 2024
• You have to log in using your details and the result will open on your screen.

Contact Details 

• 0671-2415460

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