NSEJS Exam 2020

NSEJS exam acts as the first screening round of a series of exams, which leads to the International Olympiad.  NSEJS is known across the world as the most challenging exam at a higher secondary level. It is a nation-wide examination taken by students of secondary school and high school. Students who have cleared class 10 board examinations are not eligible to take this exam.

NSEJS Exam stands for the National Standard Examination for Junior Science. It is conducted by the IAPT or the Indian Association of Physics Teachers. They conduct this exam in association with the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education. The exam is usually conducted in the month of November, every year.

Details of NSEJS

The following information offers some insight into the NSEJS exam.

• NSEJS is conducted across 1500 centers and over 80,000 students sit for the exam every year.

• It is conducted in English and in Hindi languages.

• The top 300 students qualifying this examination are selected to sit for the next level of Olympiad, which is called the Indian National Junior Science Olympiad.

• There is a registration fee of Rs. 150, which is a one-time payment. There is no need of paying registration fees for the successive rounds of exams.

• If a candidate qualifies for the next round, he does not need to register himself again. 

• At present, the exam consists of 70 multiple-choice questions, carrying a total mark of 240.

• There are60 MCQ questions, each having one correct answer in the NSEJS question paper.

• There are 10 MCQ questions each having more than one correct answer in the NSEJS question paper.  

• For every correct answer, 3 marks will be awarded and 1 mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer. 

Stages of NSEJS

The NSEJS Exam has five steps in its course. The first stage is conducted by the IAPT, which acts as a voluntary body with no remuneration of any sort. The subsequent stages are conducted by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education.

The stages of the NSEJS examination are discussed as follows.

Stage 1: Stage 1 of the process is the NSEJS Exam which stands for National Standard Exam for Junior Science. The IAPT conducts it. 

Stage 2: Stage 2 is the INO which stands for the Indian National Olympiad in Junior Science. 300 students selected from stage 1 is allowed to sit for this exam. 

Stage 3: Stage 3 stands for Orientation Cum Selection Camp (OCSC). About 35 students from this stage are selected for the next round.  

Stage 4: Stage 4 is Pre-Departure Training for two weeks. Selected students from here go to the next round. 

Stage 5: A six-member team is selected for the International Olympiad to represent India.

NSEJS Exam of 2020 is delayed this year due to the pandemic. It will be held next year; the IAPT on its official website said it will conduct the exam next year in 2021.