ISTSE Olympiad Exams

International level talent search examination for Indian Schools. Examination is designed to assess the overall intellectual potential of the students from class 1 to 10.

ISTSE is a scientifically designed, skill-based assessment test to get the strengths and weaknesses of individual students.

ISTSE is designed to assess the overall intellectual potential of the students from class 1 to 10.

It uses conceptual; multiple-choice questions to focus on measuring how well SKILLS and CONCEPTS underlying the school syllabus have been understood by the student.

ISTSE is a single paper examination, open to all the students of class 1 to 10. Quetion paper will be comparising questions from Mental & Logical Ability, Mathematics, Science and English.

ISTSE exam is conducted separately for direct and school kids

Online for direct/individual candidates: Open to all the students of class 1 to 10. Any student can participate in ISTSE by registering online. You can participate in this test from the comfort of your home. You need a laptop or desktop or tablet with webcam and live internet connection.

Paper-based only through schools: Register through your school. Ask you teacher for ISTSE exam form.

ISTSE Online - Summer 2026 (Open for Direct Participation): You can participate in this test from the comfort of your home. You need a laptop or desktop or tablet with webcam and live internet connection.

ISTSE Paper-based - 2022-21 (Only through School): The offline examination will be conducted through school. Please talk to your school about the examination form.

ISTSE provides a platform where students can judge their intellectual potential at the national and international level. The ISTSE exam is based on the syllabus of CBSE, ICSE and State Boards. Thus, preparing for this exam will be a pre-practice for them for their school exams.

Participation in Indian School Talent Search Exam(ISTSE) will help students in:

1. Identify their academic strengths and weaknesses. Monitor and compare their year on year achievement with other students.
2. Students will be able to gauge the limits of their capabilities. They will be able to understand the kind of challenging academic work they sould undertake to realize their true potential.
3. The competition tends to make participants into very sharp-minded and 'clever' problem solvers.
4. It gives a chance to students to sharpen their skills by tackling a number of problems at a level they are not likely to encounter in their classrooms.

ISTSE is a single level examination, open to all the students of class 1 to 10. Quetion paper will comprise of Mental & Logical Ability, Mathematics, Science and English questions. ISTSE exam is conducted separately online for direct/individual candidates and paper-based only through schools.

ISTSE - Online (For direct/individual candidates): Indian School Talent Search Exam (ISTSE) online is India’s favourite and most popular online olympiad examination. This exam is conducted for the students of class 1 to 10. Any student can participate in this exam as it is open to all.

ISTSE - Paper-based (Only through Schools): Paper-based ISTSE exam is conducted through school. Students have to fill the form in the school and exam will be conducted inside-school campus during school hours.

Indian School Talent Search Exam (ISTSE) is conducted separately online for direct/individual candidates and paper-based only through schools.

Register for ISTSE-Online (for direct/individual candidates): register at https://www.istse.org/register for online olympiad exam.

Register for ISTSE-Paper-based (only through schools): If you are a student and want to participate in the paper-based ISTSE exam, please contact your school teacher. They will be able to provide you examination form. If you represent a school and want to conduct ISTSE exam at your school, please register your school by clicking https://www.istse.org/register-your-school.

Recognition is the best form of appreciation. Each participating student with get a cetificate. The student who scores

1. International Rank 1 - Scholarship of ₹1500/month for 12 months + Topper Shield
2. International Rank 2 - Scholarship of ₹1000/month for 12 months + First Runner Up Shield
3. International Rank 3 - Scholarship of ₹500/month for 12 months + Second Runner Up Shield
4. 95% or above will get a Scholar Certificate along with a Gold Medal
5. 90% to 94.99% will get an Outstanding Performance Certificate along with a Silver Medal
6. 80% to 89.99% will get a Distinguished Performance Certificate along with a Bronze Medal
7. 60% to 79.99% will get a Participation Certificate
8. below 60% will get a digital Participation Certificate