An NDA plan that fits around school and boards.

NDA is unusual among the exams here: most candidates are still in school, sitting boards, often attending coaching, and preparing for the SSB on top of the written papers. The constraint is not motivation — it is hours.

Lighthouse Prep plans around the hours you actually have.

How it structures NDA prep

You configure once:

• Target attempt and date
• Daily study hours you genuinely have after school
• Whether board subjects should be planned alongside
• Your weaker paper — Mathematics or General Ability

The AI plan builds a daily schedule across Mathematics, English, General Knowledge and current affairs, weighted to the paper that needs the work.

A typical NDA study day

• Mathematics block — one topic in depth: algebra, trigonometry, calculus, vectors or statistics.
• General Ability — English or a General Knowledge subject (Physics, Chemistry, History, Geography).
• Current affairs — a short daily slot, with the previous week resurfacing automatically.
• Practice session — problem sets on the maths topic you covered earlier in the week.
• Lighter session — revision of an older topic, or a weak area flagged by the plan.

Each session carries a topic and a duration. Start the timer, study, and the plan advances.

Spaced revision matters more here

NDA Mathematics is cumulative — a topic you learned in month one shows up in problems in month six. And the General Knowledge sections cover a wide surface that fades quickly without repetition.

Lighthouse Prep brings every topic back at 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 21 days and 60 days, so earlier work still holds when you sit the paper.

Features for NDA prep

• Maths-weighted planning — the paper with more marks gets more scheduled time.
• Board exams alongside — add them as a separate exam so neither gets abandoned.
• Realistic daily hours — plans for the time you have, not an imaginary full day.
• Spaced revision — automatic, important for cumulative maths.
• Focus timer — measures real study time, not time at the desk.
• Wastage analytics — shows which sessions actually break your concentration.
• Lumi AI mentor — explains a maths concept or GK topic in plain language.

Who this is for

• School students preparing for NDA alongside boards
• Candidates attending coaching who need structure for self-study hours
• Repeat candidates targeting a specific attempt
• Anyone who has the syllabus but no daily plan

Build your NDA plan today

Open the app, set your target attempt and daily hours, and start with today's first session.