How to Apply for Dakshana Foundation Scholarship Test | JDST Navodaya 2023-24 for Class 12

Dakshana helps bright and impoverished students predominantly from rural India to prepare for IIT and medical entrance exams.

THE FULL PROCESS AND REGISTRATION LINK TO APPLY FOT NCST AND JSDT 2023 IS GIVEN BELOW 

About Dakshana Foundation

Dakshana helps bright and impoverished students predominantly from rural India to prepare for IIT and medical entrance exams.Dakshana focuses on poverty alleviation through education. Dakshana alleviates poverty by identifying brilliant but impoverished teenagers and providing intensive coaching for 1-2 years for the IIT and medical entrance exams.

Dakshana Scholars are a rare breed of gifted students from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and government schools across India. They are selected for intensive coaching after Class 10 & Class 12 based on their academic record and results from Dakshana’s proprietary testing.

None of Dakshana’s management team has ever worked in the not-for-profit industry before coming to Dakshana. They have come from either the business world or served for decades in senior positions in India’s armed services.

Dakshana’s primary focus is on the 970 Million people living in India’s 638,000 villages. Large swaths of India’s massive rural population live in extreme poverty and are mostly left out of the economic growth plans underway in the country. Rural India comprises 72% of the country’s population. At institutions like the IITs, less than 5% of the students come from impoverished rural backgrounds.

Dakshana Model

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Dakshana’s 1-year coaching program to prepare for IIT and medical entrance examinations is offered to brilliant but impoverished students from government and government-aided schools in India, after Class 12 (Science), at the Dakshana Valley, Pune. The scholars spend a year at the picturesque campus stretching over 109 acres at Kadus Village in Maharashtra (approximately 60 kms away from Pune city). The campus is located in a valley, surrounded by hills, has 5 lakes, and is a zero-pollution area. The program includes free coaching by experienced faculty, free food and accommodation for one year.

Dakshana Scholars coached under the 1-year coaching program have been producing phenomenal results at the JEE Advanced since 2015 and at the NEET since 2017!

JOINT DAKSHANA SELECTION TEST (JDST)

JDST-JNV: For students currently in Class 12 (Science) at a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in every district in India. Students receive invitations for the entrance test based on their performance at Class 12 internal exams. These results come directly from the JNV through the NVS Regional Office.

JDST-Non-JNV: For students of all boards and all government school systems excluding the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas.

ELIGIBILITY

*Eligibility: Must meet all the 3 criteria to apply for the scholarship. 

i. School: Currently studying in Class 12 Science at a Govt/Aided school (Academic Year 2023-24). Students should have appeared in their class XII board exam by May 2024.

ii. Merit: Aggregate marks of Maths & Science in Class 10 should be above the cut-off: GEN/EWS/OBC: 85%, SC: 70%, ST: 60%, PD: No cut-off 

iii. Income: Annual Family Income to be less than 2 lakhs

PROCESS to join dakshana 

Dakshana Scholarship Test 2024-25 – Steps for the Applying in the Application Form 2024-25

Steps are given Below

Step 1:

Check the eligibility* and fill out the application form.

Step 2:

Shortlisting will be done (Tentatively in the month of October) based on the cut-off mentioned in the application form

Step 3:

After 1st round of shortlisting, Fill out the Dakshana Scholar Application (DSA)

Step 4:

Invited students after filling out the Application form can appear for mock Tests. Mock tests will familiarize students with the interface

Step 5:

Invited students with Admit Card to appear for JDST 2024 (online at test centres) with Mobile

Step 6:

After the 2nd round of shortlisting (based on JDST 2024), Appear for the Interview & Document Verification

Step 7:

Students selected in the interview will be offered Dakshana One-year Scholarship

                  LINK To REGISTER/APPLY: 

http://apply.scholarship.dakshana.org/

Mock Test & JDST 2024 Syllabus:

Aspirants can watch video lectures, on the below topics, on the Dakshana YouTube Channel. Click on the name of the topic for each subject given below, to watch the video lectures. Questions will be based on the below lectures.