Sub:-National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme Examination, 2024 - Conduct of Examination on

Sub:-National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme Examination,

2024 - Conduct of Examination on 08-12-2024 Certain

Ref: 1) This office Press note Rc. No: 03/E/2024 dated 05-08-2024.

2) Note orders of the Commissioner, School Education on File No

GE-SCEXONMMS(DD)/1/2024-DGE dated O2-08-2024.

I wish to inform you that it is decided to conduct the written

examination on 08-12-2024 for the students who are studying VIII Class

during the academic year 2024, under the National Means-Cum-Merit

Scholarship scheme sponsored by the Ministry of Education, New Delhi. The

Examination will be conducted in all the Revenue Divisional Headquarters of

26 Districts of Andhra Pradesh..

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The Government of India is very particular about the NMMS scheme

and instructing this office to see that every meritorious candidate who is

studying VII class should appear for NMMS examination through concerned

eligible schools and see that the scholarships allotted to Andhra Pradesh

state (4087) should be fully utilized by the eligible economically backward

meritorious candidates. Moreover see that even one scholarship should not

be lapsed.

The DEOs are also requested to take necessary steps to increase the

enrollmernt of candidates for this examination as it helps the students to

increase their competitive spirit in their further studies.

Under this scheme, selection of the candidates for award of

scholarships will be made through conduct of written examination for those

who have passed class VII for the academic session 2023 and promoted to

class VIII for the academic session 2024. The main objectives of this

examination are:

ii)

To award of scholarships to the meritorious students who are

studying in Government/Zilla Parishad/ Municipal / MPUP

(Running gth class) |AP Model (Day scholars only)

/Government Aided Managements whose parental annual

income is below Rs.3,50,000/-.

To arrest dropouts at Class VIII and to encourage those

students to continue their studies till class XII.

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