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SHRESHTA NETS 2024 exam preponed due to Lok Sabha elections — NTA sets THIS as new date

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The National Testing Agency has preponed the SHRESHTA (NETS) exam by a few days in light of the Lok Sabha elections. The exam scheduled for May 24 will now be held on May 11.  More to come… Milestone Alert! Livemint tops charts as the fastest growing news website in the world 🌏 Click here to know more. Unlock a world of Benefits! From insightful newsletters to real-time stock tracking, breaking news and a personalized newsfeed – it’s all here, just a click away! Login Now! Catch all the Education News and Updates on Live Mint. Download The Mint News App to get Daily Market Updates & Live Business News. More Less Published: 20 Mar 2024, 06:54 PM IST Topics You May Be Interested In Source link

SHRESTHA education programme: Know benefits, eligibility, and other criteria

Published by Webster

To ensure quality education to school students of in India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched its new programme,‘Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas’ (SHRESHTA).  Under this scheme, students of Scheduled Castes (SC) will be provided with high quality school education by different method. It will also help the government to expand the reach of its development initiatives in SC-dominant areas within the education sector. The scheme will be operated in selected grant-in-aid institutions run by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and residential high schools offering high-quality education. Schooling under CBSE/State Board Affiliated Private Residential Schools Under this mode, meritorious students will get admission in selected private schools of CBSE and State Boards. These students will be selected through the National Entrance Test for SHRESHTA (NETS), conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Selected students will be admitted to private residential schools in the 9th and 11th grades, enabling them to complete their education up to the 12th standard. Eligibility  Under this scheme, around 3000 SC students with parents’ annual …