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JBNSTS is a prodigal
platform for qualitative dissemination of knowledge and information
of science in the academic ecosystem of the nation. Identifying
talented students mentoring them to face further challenges in
making career in science is the vision of JBNSTS. The Vidyasagar
State Science Olympiad is a rigorous academic and scholastic
aptitude competition in West Bengal that includes the school going
pupils up to the level of each block. This State Science Olympiad
provides participating candidates with an exposure to the
competitive world to have this learning skills on a state and
finally to the national level. Such examinations play an important
role in evaluating students' performance.
The inaugural edition
of Vidyasagar State Science Olympiad conducted by JBNSTS under the
auspices of School Education Department, Government of West Bengal
was scheduled to be held in the preceding year to celebrate 200th
birth centenary year of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar but was delayed due
to the obscurities related to the unprecedented pandemic. Finally it
was resumed in 2022 which encompassed overwhelming participation
from the students and invoked appreciation from all over West
Bengal. It was conducted both for class IX and X only for this year
since last year examination could not be conducted.
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Objectives that this
program aims to achieve
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JBNSTS Vidyasagar State Science Olympiad is a state wide competition
which provides the talented science aspirants a platform to enhance
their skill sets by appreciation of their exact needs. The students can
analyze their strength and weakness based on their performance. |
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program intends to mentor and nurture the aspiring talent by uplifting
their knowledge on different topics of science and mathematics in the
secondary standard of existing curricula through the tri-phased
examination. |
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helps them to understand deep knowledge about subjects and sharpens
their minds for aptitude and competitive exams. |
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* Appearing
for Olympiads gives self confidence in students and helps them work hard
to achieve their goals. |
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* Subjects
become interesting to them when the students challenge themselves to
come out of their comfort zone and have a desire to learn more. |
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* The program aims to foster the
selected students through participation in experimental learning in
state-of-the-art laboratory facilities of JBNSTS and expand the
potent merit of the pupils through participation in interactive
seminars, workshops and symposia. |
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In
acknowledgement of the aptitude of the scholars, and to support
their academic needs, scholarship and book grant would be awarded to
the top hundred students from all over West Bengal along with their
nurturing workshops. |
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Scheme and structure of JBNSTS
Vidyasagar State Science Olympiad
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Eligibility
criteria:
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The
Vidyasagar State Science Olympiad incorporates all
government aided, government recognized and sponsored
schools under the ambit of West Bengal Board of
Secondary Education. |
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Top five
(05) students studying in IX standard in any schools
affiliated by West Bengal Board of Secondary
Examination, having nominated by the head of the
institution based on their academic performance in class
VII final examination were eligible to appear for the
first level test. |
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Structure and benefits of the
examination
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The Vidyasagar State
Science Olympiad is a three phased screening test which evaluates
the aptitude of a student through questions in Physical Science,
Life Science and Mathematics comprising of topics related to the
state board’s specified syllabus. The following schematic figure
outlines the design of examination in brief. |
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Layer I
Intra -
Unit Competition |
 Top three (03) candidates
would be awarded with Book Grant amounting to Rs. 1000/-. |
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Layer II
Intra
District Competition |
This test would be conducted for the top ten per cent qualified students
from layer one of the examination under each district of West
Bengal.
Top twenty per cent students from each district shall be entitled to
receive Book Grant worth Rs. 2000/-. |
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Layer III
Intra
State Competition
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This
phase of the examination accounts for top twenty per cent qualified
students across all the districts of West Bengal selected through layer
2.
Top 100 candidates from all over West Bengal selected as Vidyasagar
State Science Olympiad Scholarship awardees would be provided with
scholarship worth Rs. 1000/- per month and annual book grant of Rs.
2500/- for two years along with mentoring workshops prepare them for
national level Examinations. |
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