Odisha PMST 2026 Registration Open Till 22 November for Classes 6, 9

The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha has opened online registration for the Pathani Samanta Mathematics Scholarship Test (PMST) 2026. Its notification of 11 November 2026, posted on bseodisha.ac.in, says forms can be filled online from 12 November 2026 until 22 November 2026; the Odia notice gives 11:45 pm on 22 November as the closing time.

Students do not apply on their own. Applications are filled in by the school or block authorities through the board's PMST 2026 application portal.

Who can take the test

• The test has two stages: Stage I for students now in Class 6, and Stage II for students now in Class 9.
• Only students of Odia-medium schools can take the scholarship test.

Who fills in the form

• Block Education Officers fill in Stage I forms for students of elementary schools under their jurisdiction.
• Heads of secondary schools fill in both Stage I and Stage II forms for their own students.
• No one else may log in; forms filled by anyone other than these authorities will be rejected.
• The logged-in authority can fill in and save as many forms as needed within the window, and is responsible for any wrong information.
• Photographs and signatures must be uploaded as JPG files of up to 50 KB. A correct mobile number and email ID must be given; the notice warns that otherwise messages may not reach the candidate, which could affect their appearance in the test.
• If an elementary school's U-DISE code is missing from the board's school list, its students cannot be registered until the school is added. The DEO or BEO must write to the board to add it.

The test

The PMST is an objective test of 60 multiple-choice questions carrying 150 marks in total, answered on an OMR sheet with a blue or black ballpoint pen. The notification does not give the test date; BSE Odisha says the links and instructions are on bseodisha.ac.in and bseodisha.nic.in.

What to do now

If you study in Class 6 or Class 9 at an Odia-medium school and want to take the PMST, ask your headmaster (or, for elementary schools, your Block Education Officer) to register you before 22 November 2026, and check your name, photograph and contact details on the form. For other scholarships run by the state, see our Odisha State Scholarship page.

Source: Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, PMST 2026 notification and step-by-step instructions, 11 November 2026.