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National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) Exam |
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Tentative Month of Notification |
July |
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Tentative Month of Level-1 Exam |
November |
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Name of the Entrance Exams |
National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) Exam |
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Level |
National |
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Conducting Body |
MHRD, Govt. of India |
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Eligibility |
Students from class VII and VIII |
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Rewards |
Rs.500/- per month |
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Website |
http://www.siechd.nic.in/stse_nmms/NMMS.htm |
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Remarks |
Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Government of India has launched a centrally sponsored National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) Scheme. Under this scheme scholarship will be awarded to 1,00,000 students (at National level) selected at the end of class VIII. The scholarship will start from Class IX and would continue till Class XII at the rate of Rs 6000/- per annum. The objective of the scheme is to award scholarship to meritorious students belonging to economically weaker sections to arrest their drop out at Class VIII and to encourage them to continue their studies till Class XII. |