Eligibility Conditions
To appear at the Selection Test, a candidate has to fulfill
the following eligibility conditions:
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candidate appearing for the Selection Test must be studying in
Class V in a Government/Government-Aided or other recognized
school or schools under Schemes of "Sarav Shiksa Abhiyan" or
'B' certificate competency course of National Institute of
Open Schooling in the same district where he/she is seeking
admission in the just preceding academic session for which
Selection Test is conducted. Actual admission in Class VI in
the session is, however, subject to the condition of having
passed Class V before admission.
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candidate seeking admission must be between the age group 9-13
years on 1st May of the year of admission for which the
Selection Test is conducted. This applies to all categories of
candidates including those who belong to the Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes.
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A
candidate claiming admission from rural quota must have
studied and passed class III, IV & V from
Government/Government Aided/ recognized schools located in
Rural area in the preceding three continuous academic sessions
for which the Selection Test is conducted spending one full
academic session in each class without any repetition of
class, gap and/or break in.
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A
candidate who is not promoted to Class V before November of
the preceding academic year for which. the test is conducted
is not eligible to apply.
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No
candidate is allowed to appear in the selection test, for the
second time under any circumstances.
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A
candidate seeking admission under the rural quota must have
studied and passed class III, IV & V from
Government/Government Aided/recognized school(s) located in
the rural areas.
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above conditions are applicable to all the candidates irrespective
to their caste or gender.
Reservation
(a) There is
a provision for reservation of seats for SC and ST
candidates.
(b) There is
a provision for reservation of seats for girls.
(c) There is
a provision for reservation of 3% seats for ** disabled children
(i.e. Orthopedically Handicapped, Hearing impaired and Visually
Handicapped).
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"Blindness" refers to a condition where person suffers from any of
the following conditions namely:-
(i) Total
absence of sight: or
(ii) Visual
acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snelen) in the better eye with
correcting lenses;
or
(iii)
limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree
of worse.
** "Hearing
impairment" means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear
in the conversational range of frequencies.
** "Locomotors
disability" means disability of the bones joints or muscles leading
to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form
of cerebral palsy.
** "Person
with disability" means a person suffering from not less than forty
percent of any disability as certified by a medical
authority.