Maharashtra NMMS 2023-24 scholarship selection list out; reservation policy

NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra State Examination Council has issued the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS 2023-24) selection list. The ministry of education has fixed the NMMS scholarship quota for Maharashtra at 11,682. Students who appeared in the Maha NMMS exam will be able to check the selection list from the official website, nmms2024.nmmsmsce.in.

The council has informed that two questions, 69th and 80th questions, have been cancelled from the Mental Ability Test (MAT). The exam was held on December 24 and the NMMS Maha results and marks obtained by students were declared on February 7.

Students belonging to the general category who obtained 40% marks and reserved category candidates who secured 32% have been declared qualified.

“Students from respective cadres are selected as per reservation policy of Maharashtra state. Also 4% reservation for disabled persons is included in the respective cadres,” the council said.

Maha NMMS reservation policy

The Maharashtra State Examination Council has fixed district-wise quota based on the number of students enrolled in Class 8 and the number of students in age group 12 to 14. Reservation policy for each district is given below.

• General category students are selected first in the order of merit.
• Following this, eligible students from the remaining 9 backward classes are selected.
• Four percent reservation is given for differently abled in each cadre. Of which, 1% reservation is given each for Blindness and low vision (BLV), Deaf and hard of hearing (DH), Locomotor disability (LD); and another 1% is allotted separately for Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness (AID) and multiple disabilities, including deaf blindness in the posts identified for each disability (MD).
• For differently abled quota, if the 4% reservation is not met, the next disable category students are considered in the order of merit.

NMMS Maharashtra: Tie-breaking rule

If two or more students have obtained the same marks, then the tie-breaking method is used in the following order.

• First priority is given to the student whose marks are higher in the MAT paper.
• In case of equal marks in MAT paper, preference is given to the student who has higher marks in mathematics in SAT paper.
• In case of equal marks in maths in SAT paper, preference will be given to the student with higher marks in science.
• If the tie still persists, preference will be given to the student who is older.
• In case of the same age, preference is given to the student according to the English initial of last name.