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National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) selection exam to be held on May 2, Postponed

Another exam has been postponed due to increasing pace of corona infection in Madhya Pradesh. The National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) selection exam to be held on May 2 has been postponed. This decision has been taken by the Education Department.

The date of application has also been extended by 1 month to join this exam. The last date of application for eligible students to sit in this exam now been changed to May 15.

According to the Department of Education, the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Selection Exam was scheduled to be held on May 2, 2020-21.

This examination is conducted for the students of class VIII run by the government, aided schools and urban bodies of Madhya Pradesh. It is regularly eligible to sit for those students who have got minimum C grade marks in class 7th and the gross annual income of their parents does not exceed Rs 1 lakh 50 thousand.

According to the information, more than 1 lakh students are appearing in the examination, but it has been postponed due to corona infection.

State Education Centre official said that the new date of exam will be announced later. With this, students who could not fill the application for this exam for any reason, are being given a chance. Such students can now fill the form till May 15.

Explain that this scheme has been launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in the year 2008 for economically weaker students.

Under this, selected students are given scholarship from class 9th to 12th with a value of 12 thousand rupees. For regular scholarship, it is mandatory to get minimum 55% in class 9th and 11th and minimum 60% in class 10th.

Eligibility norms

The scholarship is payable for a maximum period of 4 years from class IX to class XII.

The NMMS 2021 scholarship is only applicable to the candidates studying within India only.

The candidates claiming NMMS 2021 scholarship, must have a clear promotion record of class VIII and IX.

The NMMS scholarship is not provided for the diploma and certificate courses at this stage.

The candidate must have scored a minimum fifty – five percent marks from class IX to XII, in order to continue the NMMS scholarship 2021. For the SC / ST category candidates there will be a relaxation of 5 percent marks.

If there will be no exam conducted by the school for the NMMS scholarship 2021, at the end of class IX and XI session, then a certificate of confirmation shall be issued by the head of the school, otherwise, the scholarship shall be discontinued.

The NMMS 2021 scholarship scheme shall be monitored by the Department at regular intervals of time by the authorized stakeholders.

The candidate must have scored a minimum of sixty percent marks in class X, to continue the NMMS scholarship at the next stage. For the SC / ST category candidates there will be a relaxation of 5 percent marks.

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