Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Kerala Entrance 2011 admissions to Professional Degree Courses, Kerala in Medical, Agriculture, Veterinary, Engineering and Architecture

Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE), Kerala
 
Kerala Entrance 2011 admissions to Professional Degree Courses, Kerala in Medical, Agriculture, Veterinary, Engineering and Architecture for the academic year 2011-12

Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE), Kerala has published the Prospectus for admissions to Professional Degree Courses, Kerala in Medical, Agriculture, Veterinary, Engineering and Architecture for the academic year 2011-12.

Admission to Engineering courses will be based on the rank list prepared by giving equal weightage for the marks in the Engineering Entrance Examination and the mark in the qualifying examination as given in mark list for the final year of the qualifying examination, computed, as stipulated in the Prospectus.
Courses in the Engineering stream include the B.Tech Courses in Engineering Colleges and the B.Tech (Agricultural Engg) and B.Tech (Dairy Science & Technology courses under the Kerala Agricultural University.

Admission to the Medical, Agriculture, and Veterinary courses will be based on the rank in the Medical Entrance Examination. Courses in the Medical/ Agriculture/Veterinary stream include (i) MBBS (ii) BDS (iii) BHMS (iv) BAMS (v) BSMS (vi) BSc. Hons. (Agriculture) (vii) BFSc. (Fisheries) (viii) BSc. Hons. (Forestry) and (ix) BVSc & AH.

Admission to the Architecture course will be based on the rank list prepared by giving equal weightage for the marks in the National Aptitude test in Architecture (NATA) and the marks in the qualifying Examination. No Entrance Examination will be conducted by the CEE for admission to B.Arch. course. Those desirous of seeking admission to B.Arch course should compulsorily appear and qualify the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) conducted by the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA) and also apply separately to the CEE as in the case of those taking the Engineering/Medical Entrance Examinations.

Dates of Examinations:
The Engineering Entrance Examination (For admission to engineering courses except Architecture) will be held from 10 am to 12.30 noon (IST) on 18th and 19th April, 2011 with Paper-I (Physics & Chemistry) on 18.04.2011 (Monday) and Paper-II (Mathematics), on 19.04.2011 (Tuesday).

Paper-I, Chemistry & Physics of the Medical Entrance Examination will be held from 10 am to 12.30 noon (IST) on 20.04.2011 (Wednesday) and Paper-II: Biology will be held from 2 pm to 4.30 pm on 20.04.2011 (Wednesday) itself.

Centres of Examinations: The Entrance Examinations will be held at all the District Centres in Kerala, New Delhi and Dubai (UAE) as per Indian Standard Time (IST).

Eligibility:

Nationality: Applicant should be an Indian citizen. Persons of Indian Origin (PIO)/Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card Holders will be treated on par with Indian citizens for the limited purpose of admission. However, PIO/OCI candidates are not eligible for any kind of reservation.

Nativity: Applicant should be a Kerlaite or Non-Kerlaite. Applicants are considered for admission to various types of seats allotted by the CEE, based on their Nativity status.

Keralite: Applicants of Kerala origin will be categorized as 'Keralites'. Others will be categorized as 'Non-Keralites'. Children of All India Service (AIS) Officers allotted to Kerala cadre will be deemed as 'Keralites'. However, such candidates will not be eligible for any Communal/Special/Persons with Disability reservation.

An applicant will be considered as a 'Keralite', for the limited purpose of eligibility for admission, if (a) he/she or his/her father/mother was born in Kerala OR (b) he/she has been a resident of Kerala for a period of 5 years within a period of 12 years OR (c) he/she has undergone his/her school studies from Standards VIII to XII in educational institution(s) in Kerala, subject to the submission of the relevant certificates in the application form as prescribed in the Prospectus. Applicants who are children of All India Service (AIS) officers allotted to Kerala cadre, claiming Keralite Status, should produce a certificate from the competent authority showing that the parent of the candidate is an AIS officer allotted to Kerala cadre.

Non-Keralites: Non-Keralites are classified as 'Non-Keralite Category-I' and 'Non-Keralite Category-II'. 'Non-Keralite Category-I' candidates are those who have undergone the qualifying course in Kerala, and who are the sons/daughters of Employees of the Government of India OR employees who are serving in connection with the affairs of the Government of Kerala, subject to the condition that, all categories of the employees mentioned, should have served in Kerala for a minimum period of 2 years or should have served in connection with the affairs of the Government of Kerala for a minimum period of 2 years. Such candidates will be eligible for admission to the Government seats under 'State Merit' only, for all the courses.

Candidates who do not belong to the 'Keralite' or 'Non-Keralite Category-I' will be treated as 'Non-Keralite Category-II'. They are eligible for admission only to the 'State Merit' seats in the Private Self-financing Engineering Colleges in the State and in the Management Quota seats in Government Controlled Self-financing Engineering Colleges. Non-Keralite candidates will not be considered for admission against reserved seats.

Academic Qualification:

Medical: For admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BSMS and BHMS, applicant should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination or examination recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology/Biotechnology and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology together.

Agriculture Courses: For admission to Agricultural Courses [BSc. Hons. (Agriculture) (vii) BFSc. (Fisheries) (viii) BSc. Hons. (Forestry)], applicant should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination or examination recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology together.

Veterinary: Those seeking admission to BVSc & AH course under the Kerala Agricultural University, in addition, should have passed the qualifying examination with 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English put together, as per the regulation of Veterinary Council of India.

Those seeking admission to MBBS/BDS courses should secure 50% marks in the Medical Entrance Examination, as per the guidelines issued by Medical Council of India.Those who do not satisfy the eligibility as per the Higher Secondary/Equivalent examination will be considered for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BSMS Courses if they have a B.Sc Degree with one of Physics/ Chemistry/Zoology/Botany/Bio-technology as Main, and any one or two of these subjects as subsidiaries, with 50% marks for Main and Subsidiaries taken together, after having passed the Higher Secondary or equivalent examination, with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as optional subjects.

Engineering Courses: Applicant should have passed Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala or examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Mathematics and 50% marks in Mathematics, Physics and one among Chemistry/Bio-technology/Computer Science/ Biology together. Those with 3- year Diploma in Engineering awarded by the Board of Technical Examinations, Kerala or equivalent, having 50% marks in the final Diploma examination, are eligible for admission to special reservation quota seats in the Engineering courses reserved fro this category from this year. They are not eligible for admission to the courses offered by Kerala Agricultural University.

Architecture Course: Applicant should have passed 10+2 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination or examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with Mathematics as a subject of examination, with 50% marks in aggregate. Those who have passed 10+3 Diploma (any stream) recognized by Central/State Governments with 50% aggregate marks, those with International Baccalaureate Diploma, after 10 years of schooling, with not less than 50% marks in aggregate and with Mathematics as compulsory subject of examination are also eligible to apply for B.Arch Course. In addition, applicant including those belonging to SC/ST/SEBC categories should have scored 40% marks (80 marks out of 200) in the NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture). (For details, visit www.nata.in).

Relaxation in marks in the Qualifying Examination : For all courses, a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying examination will be allowed to those candidates who belong to the communities listed under the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) and whose annual family income is up to Rs. 4.5 lakhs. SC/ST candidates need only a pass in the qualifying examination. Those belonging to SEBC categories, seeking admission to MBBS/BDS courses, need 45% marks in Biology and 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together, in the qualifying examination and 40% marks in Medical Entrance Examination. Those belonging to SC/ST categories need 40% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together in the qualifying examination and 40% marks in the Entrance Examination for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses.

Applicants with Locomotory Disability between 40% and 70% need only 45% marks for Biology and 45% marks for Biology, Physics and Chemistry taken together as academic eligibility for MBBS course. They need only 45% marks in the Entrance Examination to qualify for MBBS course.

Those appearing or have appeared for the Higher Secondary or equivalent examination will be permitted to take the Medical Entrance Examinations. They have to prove their academic eligibility on the date of admission.

Those appearing for the Higher Secondary or equivalent examination will be allowed to take the Engineering Entrance Examination. They have to submit the true copy of the mark list of the qualifying examination, attested by a Gazetted officer, to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, on ar before 31.5.2011.

Those applying for Medical courses based on BSc. Degree should have passed the Degree Examination at the time of submission of application.

Age: Applicant should complete 17 years of age as on 31st December, 2011.

Application Forms: Only one application need be submitted for the entrance examinations for admission to one or more of Medical/Agriculture/ Veterinary, Engineering and Architecture courses. There are separate application forms for General category and SC/ST category. Even though there is no Entrance Examination for Architecture, conducted by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, those desirous of being considered for B Arch admissions have to apply as per this Notification.

Application Fee: Application Fee is Rs.700/- for General category and Rs.350/-, for SC/ST category.  Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates whose annual family income is below Rs.40,000/- can have Application Form free of cost from the District Offices of the Scheduled Tribes Development Department on production of Community Certificate and Income Certificate. Those under 'Other Eligible Communities' (OEC) should apply in the General application form. Applicants who are children of Inter-Caste Married Couple, of which one is SC/ST, should apply in the form meant for SC/ST.

Sale of Forms: The Sale of Applications will start on 19th January 2011 through selected Post offices in the state and outside, as per the list to be given in the appropriate link at http://www.cee-kerala.org/ and will continue till 14th February, 2011. The amount towards the fee of application is to be remitted in cash at the Post Offices. The Application Kit includes an Application form, OMR Data Sheet, an envelope bearing the address of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations and the Prospectus. Those purchasing the kit should ensure that the Application number printed in the Application Form, OMR Data Sheet and on the cover are the same.

Online Application: Those who do not claim any reservation benefit and those belonging to Non-Keralite category can apply 'Online' at www.cee-kerala.org. On successful submission of the data online, an Application number will be generated. The applicant should take a print out of this application. The application fee Rs.700/- has to be remitted in any branch of State Bank of Travancore (SBT) using the chalan contained in the print out of the application. Print out of application complete in all respects along with original chalan certified by the Bank authorities and other requisite certificates should be forwarded to the Office of the CEE before the last date specified for submission of application forms.

Applicants who do not have access to State Bank of Travancore (SBT) can attach a Demand Draft for Rs.700/- drawn on a Nationalized Bank in favour of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations payable at Thiruvananthapuram, as application fee along with the Application form, with Application Number and Name of Applicant written on the back of the Demand Draft. Online application process will be completed only on receipt of the print out of the application along with all requisite certificates, in the office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations.

Centre Fee: Those opting 'Dubai' (UAE) as the Centre for Entrance Examination, should submit along with their filled in application form, a Demand Draft for Rs.8,500/-, drawn on a Nationalized Bank in favour of the 'Commissioner for Entrance Examinations' payable at Thiruvananthapuram. Those applying online and choosing 'Dubai' as Cente for the Entrance Examination, should enclose Demand Drafts for Rs.700/- (Application fee) and Rs.8,500/- (Centre fee). Examination at Dubai centre is conducted as per Indian Standard Time (IST).

Last Date: Filled in Application Form along with the OMR Data Sheet and other relevant documents, to be submitted with the Application Form, enclosed in the printed envelope bearing the address of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations supplied along with the application form or the print out, DD/Challan and other documents in case of online applications, should reach the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, latest by 5 p.m. on 14.2.2011 (Monday), by Hand/Registered Post/Speed Post. Completed Applications will be received in the Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations on holidays also.

Admit Cards: Admit card will be dispatched from 24th March, 2011. Those who do not get the admit card by 16th April, 2011, should contact the Liaison Officer at the location in the district concerned specified on page 26 of the Prospectus to collect the Identification Certificate in lieu of Admit Card.

Scheme of the Examination: The Entrance examination for Medical and Engineering streams will be objective type with Multiple Choice Questions and based on single response. Against each question, five suggested answers would be given, from which the candidate will have to select and mark the alphabet (A,B,C,D or E) corresponding to the 'most appropriate response' in the OMR Answer Sheet.

Each Paper will have 120 questions to be answered in 150 minutes. In Engineering Entrance Examination, Paper I will have 72 questions from Physics and 48 from Chemistry. Paper II will have 120 questions from Mathematics. In Medical Entrance Examination, Paper I will have 72 questions from Chemistry and 48 from Physics. Paper II will have 120 questions from Biology.

Scoring: For each correct response the candidates will be awarded 4 marks, and for each incorrect response, one mark will be deducted from the total score.

Minimum mark: A candidate has to score a minimum of 10 marks in each of Paper I and Paper II to be eligible to be considered for ranking. For SC/ST applicants, there is no minimum mark stipulated to qualify in the Entrance Examinations. For admission to MBBS/BDS courses, only those who score a minimum of 50% marks in the entrance examination will be considered. SC/ST candidates and SEBC candidates satisfying the income criterion need only 40% marks in the entrance examination to be considered for MBBS/BDS admissions. Candidates with Locomotory disability of lower limbs between 40% and 70%, should score 45% marks in the Medical Entrance Examination to be considered for MBBS/BDS courses. For NATA minimum mark needed to qualify is 40% (80 out of 200).

Ranking for Engineering: Rank list for Engineering will be prepared by giving equal weighatge for the marks in the Entrance Examination and the qualifying examination (Marks of the final year only) , after effecting the Normalisation stipulated in Clause 9.7.4 (b) (ii) of the Prospectus. The normalized marks in the qualifying examination for the subjects to be considered for ranking (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry/Computer Science/Bio Technology/ Biology) will be computed out of 500. The marks in the Entrance Examination will also be computed out of 500. Rank list will be prepared by adding the two marks. Maximum marks would be 1000.

Ranking for Medical: Rank list for Medical stream will be prepared based on the marks in the Medical Entrance Examination.

Ranking for Architecture: Architecture Rank list will be prepared by giving equal weighate for the marks in the qualifying examination and that in NATA.

Rank list for BAMS: Separate Rank list would be prepared for admission to BAMS Course. Those who have studied Sanskrit as Second language at Plus Two level would be given a weightage of 10 marks. This would be added to their marks in the Medical Entrance Examination. In case of those who have not studied Sanskrit, the marks they score in the Medical Entrance Examination will be considered. Considering these marks, those in the Medical Rank list would be ranked for admission to the BAMS Course. All applicants in the Medical Rank list will be rank in this manner for BAMS.

For more details, see the Prospectus at www.cee-kerala.org 

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