Assam NMMS 2025 registration open; exam for 2,411 scholarships in December

The Ministry of Education will close the registrations for Assam National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMS) 2025 for Class 8 students on November 20. The application forms are available on the official website at bidyarthi.co.in. The Assam NMMS 2025 scheme will provide a scholarship of Rs 12,000 a year.

The screening test for NMMS 2025 will be conducted on December 13 at 160 exam centres in Assam for the academic session 2025-26. The government will award a total of 2,411 scholarships to Class 8 students in Assam under the NMMS 2025.

Notably, private school students , including Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs), and Kendra Vidyalayas (KVs) can appear in the examination. However, they are not eligible for the grant.

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Assam NMMS 2025: Registration fee, eligibility

The NMMS 2025 examination fee is Rs 200 for general and Other Backward Classes (OBC) category students. Those belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), and Scheduled Tribe (ST), they should have to pay Rs 180 as registration fee.

While, differently abled students can pay Rs 175 for NMMS 2025 registrations.

Students studying in government and provincialised schools whose family income is less than or equal to 3.5 lakh are eligible to apply for the NMMS 2025. The examination and training branch, directorate of secondary education, Assam will exempt the examination fee for top three students in each school.

Those who have already paid examination fees shall not be eligible for this exemption. Around 5 students from institutions under the Sixth Schedule and Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) will also be exempted from paying the examination fee.

“All Government and Provincialised schools must enroll a minimum of three students for the NMMS 2025 exam whose annual parental income is up to 3.5 lakh,” according to the official notification.

Students must complete a One-Time Registration (OTR) on the National Scholarship portal (NSP) before filling the application form for the NMMS 2025. “It is mandatory to provide the correct UDISE code of the Government or Provincialised school where the student is currently studying,” it said.