Chandigarh NMMS 2023 also called the National Means Cum Merit Scholarship examination, is available for class VIII candidates. The official authority to conduct the NMMS exam is the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD), Government of India. The State Council of Educational Research and training shall be in-charge of conducting the Chandigarh NMMS 2023 Examination. The purpose of the NMMS exam is to look for gifted and knowledgeable students in economically poor areas at the start of the VIII class and to financially assist such students to get the best education. Under this scheme, 1, 00,000 scholarships will be awarded. The scholarships will begin from class IX and would remain until class XII. The amount of scholarship will be of Rs 12000/- per annum i.e. Rs. 1000 per month. Read the complete article to get more details about Chandigarh NMMS 2023 Application, scholarship amount and cash prize.

• The application form is yet to be released. The tentative dates for the release of the application form are October 2023.
• The exam is scheduled to be held in the first week of November 2023.
• The admit card will be released in October 2023.
• The result will be declared in December 2023.

Chandigarh NMMS 2023 Dates

All the important dates regarding the NMMS Chandigarh 2023 Examination are as follows:

NMMS Chandigarh 2023 Application form

• The Application Forms can be downloaded from the website of SCERT Chandigarh i.e. or can be collected from the office of the Director of the SCERT.
• The candidates are required to visit the official site of the authority and register themselves and create a new ID.
• After that, the candidates can download the application form available on the website.
• Before filling in the application form, the candidate is advised to check the eligibility criteria and all the other details related to the application process.
• After checking all the details candidates are required to fill the form and attach the documents mentioned in the form.
• Once the application form, duly signed by the principal, is completely filled the candidates need to take a printout of the application form and submit it with the stipulated fees.

NMMS Chandigarh 2023 Eligibility Criteria

• Students studying in Class VIII in Local bodies and Government funded Schools are eligible. 
• The candidates must have at least 55% marks or equivalent grade in the Class VII examination for appearing in the NMMS Chandigarh exam (relaxed by 5% for backward classes).
• The students should be studying as regular students in Government, Government-funded, and local body schools.
• Parental income of the candidate from all sources should not exceed Rs. 1, 50,000/- per annum.
• Income Certificate issued by Government in case if the parents serve as Govt. Employees and in case of any private service/job, affidavit attested from Magistrate/Notary has to be attached with the form.

NMMS Chandigarh 2023 Paper Pattern

The exam is held offline, the candidates are required to appear in two sessions i.e. Scholastic Aptitude Test also called as SAT and the Mental Ability also called as MAT. The candidate has to solve the exam in the provided OMR sheet. There will be no negative marking. The section wise distribution is as follows:

NMMS Chandigarh 2023 Syllabus

The Exam questions of NMMS Chandigarh Exam will be verbal and nonverbal in order to ascertain the candidates’ meta-cognitive strengths. The Syllabus of the Goa NMMS Exam will be established be on the books prescribed by CBSE and ICSE.

NMMS Chandigarh 2023 Model Question Paper

The model question papers for the NMMS exam are available for free on the NCERT website and other sites as well. The candidates are advised to go through the model papers because it will help them in getting familiar with the exam format, level of difficulty, the trend of questions. Practicing the model question papers is highly essential for all the candidates.

NMMS Chandigarh 2023 Admit Card

The admit card for the NMMS Chandigarh will be released online on the official website of the authority and the applicants can collect their respective admit cards from the head of the concerned school. Information about the examination date, timings and exam center will be on the admit card. The candidates should mandatorily carry their admit cards at all times during the examination as the authority will not permit any candidate without their admit card to appear for the examination. 

NMMS Chandigarh 2023 Answer Key

The answer key of the NMMS Chandigarh 2023 will be released on the official website of the authority. The candidates can visit the website and download the answer key, as the answer key is helpful in determining the score in both levels of the examination. The candidates will also have the chance to submit an objection against the final answer key of both the papers MAT and SAT.

NMMS Chandigarh 2023 Result 

After the completion of the exam, the result of the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) Examination 2023-23 will be announced by SCERT on the official website. The candidates will be required to visit the website and use their roll no. provided on the admit card and the date of birth to check their results. The scholarship will be provided by the authority to the candidates who have scored more than the cut-off marks decided by the authority.

Cut-off for NMMS Chandigarh 2023

The cut-off marks for the NMMS Chandigarh 2023 examination will be released online by the official authority. The passing criteria is- students must pass both the papers i.e. MAT and SAT with at least 40% marks in aggregate for these two papers taken together. This cut-off will be 32% marks, for the SC/ST students.

Highlights for NMMS Chandigarh 2023

Overview of the NMMS Chandigarh exam is as follows:

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