VVM 2017 Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan For School Students

Organisation : National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT)
Contest Name : VVM 2017 Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan
Applicable For : School students of classes VI to XI
Registration Last Date : 20th September 2017
Website : http://www.vvm.org.in/

Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan :

Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) is a national program for educating and popularizing science among school students of VI to XI standards. VVM also endeavours to identify the bright minds among the student community, who are keen on subjects related to science.

Related / Similar Contest : VVM NTSE 2019

Structure of VVM :
Students participating in VVM shall undergo the following multi-level testing procedures

** Objective type question answering.
** Comprehensive writing.
** Presentation and Group discussion.
** Role play & Practical examination.
** Methods of Source.

The program also includes organising visits to reputed National Science Laboratories and Centres. To enable deserving students to have interaction with renowned scientists of the Nation. The VVM will identify Vigyan Jigyasu at National level.

Appearing student will be evaluated and compared with respect to the students from his/her own class at all the stages i.e. School, State and National level.

School-Level Examination (Junior & Senior):
Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan is an unique online examination that is conducted at national level. The registered students will take the exam using his/her own device, namely a laptop/ tablet/ smart phone (mobile with any OS) and his/her own internet connectivity.

The school level examination will be conducted nationwide, on the same day and at the same time. The examination will be conducted for the Junior Group (class VI to VIII) and for the Senior Group (class IX to XI).

Evaluation of students will be based on their individual performance at every level. The examination will be conducted in English, Hindi, Malyalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Bengali and Punjabi.

School Registration:
** A fully web based application will be available for the registration of the schools.
** The school authority needs to appoint an exam coordinator and he/she will…
** Enter the details of the school like school name, school address, GEO Mapping of school, UDIES code of school,name of principal, name of exam coordinator, mobile number, email ID etc.
** This information will be shown as school profile on VVM portal.
** The entered data will be verified by VVM admin through sending one-time password (OTP) and an Email verification link on registered mobile and Email respectively.
** UDIES code will be used as school identification number.

Student Registration:
The exam coordinator can now register students who wish to take up the VVM online exam.

Minimum student info:
** Name of student
** Class
** Email
** Phone number
** Aadhar number

Schools can register students one by one online or can download editable excel format (available on portal for offline data entry) to upload. This information will be shown as student profile on VVM portal.

** In case of offline completion of the entries the data can be uploaded online. Exam coordinator is authorized for modification of student’s information (if required).
** After successful submission & payment an OTP and email will be sent to the registered mobile number and email ID of each registered student.
** The student should click the verification link and complete the verification process by entering the OTP.
** After successful verification, the student will be automatically redirected to the student profile page.
** The student must specify the details of the device to under take the exam.
** In the student profile page, the details of the student like profile photo needs to be uploaded (mandatory) by the student using App.
** On confirmation of device details and completing the profile information the student registration process is complete.
** Student can modify the details of device up to 72 Hrs prior to exam.
** The roll number for the student will be generated by 15 November 2017

From the school login, the details of all the students registered from that school will be displayed. The authority of modification in the student’s name, student’s mobile number etc. will only be with the school coordinator.

School Requirement To Conduct Online Examination:
To conduct the examination, School should provide classrooms and invigilators. 20% of total registered amount collected from the school will be kept by them and the balance 80% should be transferred to VVM Delhi office through RTGS/NEFT.

Application Download & Installation:
Once the registration process is complete the Exam App will be made available for download from the profile page of the student. The App will be downloaded only on the registered device (laptop/tablet/mobile).

Depending on the type of the registered device (Android/iOS/laptop) the corresponding application will be downloaded to the client device from vvm.org.in.

The profile page will contain detailed instructions for App download and installation. Request support link will be available in case of any issues along with help line number.

Important Dates:
** Registrations Open- 01 July 2017
** Registrations Closes – 20 September 2017
** Upload of VVM Study Material -01 October 2017
** Download Hall Tickets -From 25 November 2017
** Date of Examination -26 November 2017, Sunday
** Time of Examination – 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM (120 minutes)
** Declaration of Result – 26 December 2017
** One or Two-day State Camp – Between 10 January 2018 and 25 February 2018
** Two-day National Camp -12 & 13 May 2018