Smart India Talent Exam (SITE) notification has been announced. The test is aimed at rewarding and promote scientific aptitude in young students studying Classes from V to XII. This test and initiative is supported by Professor KK Anand of SMART Academy. Selected candidates will get various types of scholarships and rewards and the competitions help the candidates to excel in various national and international level competitive exams such as IITJEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, NTSE, SAT-I, SAT-II, AIPMT, Olympiad, KVPY, NSE through the curriculum enhancement programme. Notification for SITE 2012 has come out and candidates can register online through www.thesite.co.in.
Eligibility: Students presently studying in Class V to X and XII classes can attend for this exam. Candidates can know their Talent Correlation Quotient (TCQ) through this test. Top 100 rankers will get scholarship in the form of fee waivers for the school curriculum enhancement programme. Other attractive prizes and rewards include International Educational Tour to NASA, Laptops, Educational kits and gift vouchers. Total worth of scholarships is Rs. 5 crore. If you are looking for similar talent search examinations, NCERT conducted National Talent Search Examination will be a good choice.
SITE Exam will be held on 8th January, 2012. Exam centers are located at Chennai, Neyveli, Thiruvallur, Vellore, Erode, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Nellore, Bangalore. Candidates should report at 8.30 AM on the exam date. Candidates should bring their 2 HB pencils and Black or Blue ball point pen, School Identity card and Hall Ticket. Following is the weightage percentage in SITE test 2012 for various classes:
1) For students of Class V:
Maths and English : 50 percent
Science and Mental Ability : 30 percent and 20 percent respectively
2) For students presently in classes VI and VII
Maths and English : 50 percent
Science and Mental Ability : Physics – 20 percent, Chemistry -15 percent, Biology – 5 percent, Mental ability – 10 percent
3) For students of Classes VIII, IX and X
Maths and English: 50 percent
Science and Mental Ability : Physics – 20 percent, Chemistry -15 percent, Biology -5 percent, Mental ability – 10 percent
4) For students of Class XII:
Maths : 50 percent
Science : Physics – 25 percent, Chemistry -25 percent
Registration Fee is Rs 200. Candidates can pay the registration fee through online Registration payment gateway using Master / Visa (Credit / Debit) card on a secure Payment Gateway. Fee should be paid on or before 7th January 2012. The online registrations begin on 29th December 2011. Candidates applying before 29th December 2011, should send the xerox copy of the hall ticket along with necessary enclosures to ‘SMART Academy Corporate Office, A 80, 3rd avenue, Anna Nagar East, Chennai 600 102’ . Last date for online registrations is 4th January 2012. Spot Registration will be held on 7th January 2012. For more details, please contact at 044 – 65455455.