KEAM 2014

KEAM 2014

Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE), Kerala has notified the admission to the Medical, Agriculture, Veterinary, Fisheries, Engineering and Architecture courses for 2014.

The Courses include MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BAMS, BSMS, BSc (Hons) Agriculture, BSc (Hons) Forestry, BVSc & AH, BFSc, all under the Medical and Allied Stream, B.Tech, including B.Tech (Agri. Engg), B.Tech (Food Engg) Courses under the Kerala Agricultural University and B.Tech (Dairy Science & Tech) under the Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University under the Engineering Stream and B.Arch under the Architecture stream.

Admissions to the Medical and Engineering streams will be based on the Entrance Examinations of the concerned streams and as per the provisions for the preparation of the rank lists.

The CEE will not conduct any Entrance Examination for admission to B.Arch. course. However, candidates seeking admission to B.Arch. course should apply as per this notification and compulsorily appear and qualify the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) conducted by the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA) before 31.05.2014.

Eligibility: 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.

Keralites and Non-Keralites are eligible to apply for the Entrance Examinations.

Applicants of Kerala origin will be categorized as ‘Keralites’. In order to prove that a candidate is an Indian Citizen of Kerala origin for the limited purpose of eligibility for admission, he/she has to produce a certificate showing that he/she or his/her father or mother was born in Kerala. Children of All India Service (AIS) Officers (Non-Keralites) allotted to Kerala Cadre are deemed to be ‘Keralites’ without eligibility for communal/Special/Persons with Disabilities reservation. Those who are not of Kerala origin will be categorized as ‘Non-Keralites’. Non-Keralites are classified as ‘Non-Keralite Category-I’ and ‘Non- Keralite Category II’.

An applicant who is not of Kerala origin but who has undergone qualifying course in Kerala and who is son/daughter of Non-Keralite parents belong to Government of India/Defence Service, posted to Kerala or has undergone qualifying course in Kerala and who is son/daughter of Non-Keralite parents who are serving/served Government of Kerala for a minimum period of two years or has been a resident of Kerala State for a period of 5(five) years within the period of 12(twelve) years of his/her study or has undergone his/her school studies in Kerala from standard VIII to XII will be categorized as 'Non-Keralite Category I'(NK I).

Non-Keralite Category I candidates will be considered against ‘State Merit’ seats for Engineering/Medical & Allied courses and will not be eligible for Communal/ Special/Persons with Disabilities reservation.

Those not belong to the ‘Keralite’ or ‘Non-Keralite Category-I’ will be treated as ‘Non-Keralite Category-II' who will have eligibility 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 Self-financing Engineering institutions under Government control. Non-Keralite candidates will not be considered for admission against reserved seats.

Academic Qualification:

Medical: For admission to the MBBS, BDS, BSMS courses, applicant should have passed Higher Secondary examination of the Board of Higher Secondary Education, Kerala or examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology/Biotechnology separately, and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology put together. In the absence of Biology, Biotechnology will be considered as a subject for academic eligibility.

For admission to BAMS/ BHMS courses, applicant should have passed Higher Secondary examination of the Board of Higher Secondary Education, Kerala, or examinations recognized equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology separately, and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together.

For admission to B.Sc.(Hons.)Agri., B.Sc.(Hons) Forestry, BFSc courses, applicant should have passed Higher Secondary examination of the Board of Higher Secondary Education, Kerala or examinations recognised equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology separately, and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together.

For admission to BVSc. & AH Course, applicant should have secured not less than 50% aggregate marks in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology for the qualifying examination, in addition to the conditions for admission to B.Sc.(Hons.)Agri., B.Sc.(Hons) Forestry, BFSc courses with the permitted relaxations.

Those who have passed the BSc Degree (3 year course) examination with Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany or Biotechnology as Main, and any one or two of the above subjects as Subsidiaries, with 50% marks for Main & Subsidiaries taken together, subject to the condition that they have passed Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala or examinations recognised as equivalent thereto with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as optional subjects are eligible for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS and BSMS courses.

Engineering: Applicant should have passed Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala, or Examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Mathematics separately, and 50 % marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry put together. However, those who have obtained 45% marks in Mathematics separately with 60% aggregate marks in Physics and Chemistry put together are also eligible for admission. In case, the candidate has not studied Chemistry, the marks obtained in Computer Science shall be considered. In case, the candidate has not studied Chemistry and Computer Science, the marks obtained in Biotechnology shall be considered. In case, the candidate has not studied Chemistry, Computer Science and Biotechnology, the marks obtained in Biology shall be considered. The marks as shown in the mark list of the Board of Examination obtained from the respective Higher Secondary Board shall be considered for academic eligibility.

If Board Examinations are conducted in both years, the total marks of two years in the respective subjects as shown in the mark lists of the respective Higher Secondary Boards will be considered for academic eligibility. In case Board Examination is conducted only at the end of 12th class (final year), the marks in the respective subjects as shown in the mark lists of the respective Higher Secondary Boards will be considered for academic eligibility. For all other type of Higher Secondary courses or examinations recognized equivalent thereto, the marks of the respective subjects as shown in the mark list of the respective Board of Examinations will be considered for academic eligibility.

Those having Diploma in Engineering awarded by the Board of Technical Examinations, or an examination recognized equivalent thereto, by the State Board of Technical Education after undergoing an institutional course of at least 3 years from an Institution approved by AICTE, securing a minimum of 50% marks in the final year Diploma Examination are eligible for admission to the special reservation quota (DE) seats only.

Those who have passed Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala, or examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50 % marks in Mathematics/Biology separately, and 50 % marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics/Biology put together are eligible for admission to the seats reserved for Dairy Farm Instructors of Dairy Development Department for B.Tech (D.Sc. & Tech). However, if such applicants are admitted to the course, they will have to take a make-up course in Basic Mathematics (2+0) credits or Applied Biology (1+1) credit as the case may be.

Those with Diploma in Engineering are not eligible for admission to the Engineering Colleges affiliated to Kerala Agricultural University and Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University. The Vocational Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala, has been recognised as equivalent to the Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala.

Architecture: Applicant should have passed the 10+2 or equivalent examination from a recognized Board with Mathematics as a subject of study by securing 50% marks in aggregate or the 10+3 Diploma (any stream) recognized by Central/State Governments with 50% aggregate marks or the International Baccalaureate Diploma, after 10 years of schooling, with not less than 50% marks in aggregate and with Mathematics as compulsory subject of examination.

In addition, applicant should score 40 % or 80 marks out of 200 (for all categories of candidates) in the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) before 31.05.2014, to be considered for admission to B.Arch. course.

Those who have a Diploma in Engineering awarded by the Board of Technical Examinations or an examination recognized equivalent thereto, by the State Board of Technical Education after undergoing an institutional course of at least 3 years from an Institution approved by AICTE securing a minimum of 50% marks in the final year Diploma Examination are eligible for admission to B.Arch. Course.

Relaxation of marks in the Qualifying Examination: For all the courses, candidates belonging to Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) with a total annual family income not exceeding Rs.6 lakhs, will have a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying examination. They need only 45% marks in the case of Mathematics/Biology and 45% marks in the case of Mathematics/ Biology, Physics and Chemistry put together.

The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates need only a pass in the qualifying examination. However, for admission to MBBS/BDS courses, candidates belonging to SC/ST categories need 40% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology put together in the qualifying examination. Candidates with Locomotory disability of lower limbs between 40% to 70% need only 45% marks in case of Biology/Biotechnology and 45% marks in case of optional subjects put together for admission to MBBS. When only grades are given for qualifying examination and marks are not mentioned, the grade covering 45% marks will be considered as criterion for eligibility.

For Engineering courses, Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) / Persons with Disabilities (PD) category candidates who have obtained 40% marks in Mathematics separately with 55% aggregate marks in Physics and Chemistry put together are also eligible for admission. The relaxation of marks in the qualifying examination extended to SEBC candidates only will be applicable to OEC candidates even if they are allotted against the un-availed seats of SC/ST quota.

Age: Applicant should have completed 17 years of age as on 31st December, 2014.

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 21st and 22nd April, 2014. Paper-I (Physics & Chemistry) will be held on 21st April (Monday) and Paper-II (Mathematics), on 22nd April (Tuesday).

Paper-I, Chemistry & Physics of the Medical Entrance Examination will be held from 10 am to 12.30 noon (IST) on 23.04.2014 (Wednesday) and Paper-II: Biology will be held from 10 am to 12.30 pm on 24.04.2014 (Thursday).

The CEE will not conduct any Entrance Examination for admission to B.Arch. course. However, they too have to submit the application for admission as per this notification itself and should compulsorily appear and qualify the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) conducted by the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA) before 31.05.2014.

Applications: Submission of Application has to be completed in two stages. The first stage is the online submission of application at www.cee.kerala.gov.in and the second stage is the dispatch of the printout of the application to the office of the CEE to reach there within the stipulated time.

Application Fee: Application Fee is Rs.800/- for General category and Rs. 400/- for SC/ST categories. Application fee can be paid by cash or by Demand Draft.

Fee by Cash: Application fee can be paid by way of cash at selected Post Offices in Kerala and outside the State between 10.1.2014 and 4.2.2014.

The List of Post Offices that will accept the fee is give at www.cee-kerala.org/docs/keam2014/exam/keam14application_enoti.pdf  .On payment, the applicant will receive a Security Card, Prospectus and an envelope from the Post office. The Security card will have a ‘Key Number’ inside the Security panel. This will not be visible before scratching the silver panel. There is a Serial Number on each Security card. The Key number and Serial Number are unique and are required for filling up of payment details in the online application.

Fee by DD: Application fee can also be paid by way of Demand Draft (DD) drawn on a Nationalized/Scheduled Bank, in favour of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, payable at Thiruvananthapuram. In this case, application can be filled directly and the printout submitted with the DD.

Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates whose annual family income is below Rs.40,000/- can have Security Card, Prospectus and Envelope free of cost from the District Offices of the Scheduled Tribes Development Department on production of Community Certificate and Income Certificate.

Centre fee for Dubai: Those who opt ‘DUBAI’ as their centre for Entrance Examinations, should submit along with their print out of the application, a Demand Draft for Rs.12,000/- drawn on a Nationalized Bank in favour of the 'Commissioner for Entrance Examinations' payable at Thiruvananthapuram. Those remitting application fee by way of DD and opting Dubai as centre of examination should enclose Demand Drafts for Rs.800/- as application fee and Rs.12,000/- as centre fee.

Last Date: The Print out of the Application and other relevant documents, to be submitted with the Application, enclosed in the printed envelope bearing the address of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations supplied along with the application form, should reach the CEE latest by 5 p.m. on 05.02.2014 (Wednesday), by Hand Delivery/Registered Post/Speed Post. Completed Applications will be received in the Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations on holidays also.

Admit Card: Facility for downloading the Admit Cards of Entrance Examinations will be activated at www.cee.kerala.gov.in on 24.03.2014. The printout of the admit card will have to be produced at the time of examination. Admit Cards will not be sent by post.

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.

Syllabus: The detailed syllabus for the Entrance Examination is available in the Prospectus.

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.

Admission Criterion: Engineering: 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 grade/mark obtained in the final year of the qualifying examination for Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry/Computer Science/Biotechnology/Biology after effecting the standardization procedure prescribed in the Prospectus.

Medical: Admission to the Medical and allied courses will be based on the rank in the Medical Entrance Examination to be prepared on the basis of total marks in Paper I and Paper II of 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

Architecture: 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  per this notification as in the case of those taking the Engineering/Medical Entrance Examinations.

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 except for MBBS/BDS Courses.

Minimum mark for MBBS/BDS Admissions: For admission to MBBS/BDS courses, only those who score a minimum of 50% marks in the entrance examination will be considered for ranking. SC/ST candidates and SEBC candidates satisfying the income criterion specified 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 admission to MBBS/BDS courses.

Minimum marks for Architecture admission: For NATA minimum mark needed to qualify is 40% (80 out of 200).

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.

Rank Lists: The Medical Rank list is likely to be published by 20th May, 2014. The Engineering Rank list is expected by 25th June, 2014.

CAP: The procedure related to the Centralized Allotment Process (CAP), submission of options, processing of options etc are given in Clause 11 on Page 32 of the Prospectus.

Seats: The seat availability for the different courses are given in the Prospectus and also at www.cee-kerala.org/docs/keam 2014/exam/keam14seats_enoti.pdf

Fees: The Fee for various courses will be published before the commencement of CAP 2014.

More details can be had from the Prospectus available at www.cee-kerala.org

The Prospectus for admission to the Professional Degree Courses, Kerala for 2014, can buy the prospectus and application from the designated branches of SBT from 10th January and the same will be available at the website of CEE from 11th January. From 11th onwards students can apply online.

The Engineering Entrance Examination (For admission to engineering courses except Architecture) will be held from 10 am to 12.30 noon (IST) on 21st and 22nd April, 2014. Paper-I (Physics & Chemistry) will be held on 21st April (Monday) and Paper-II (Mathematics), on 22nd April (Tuesday) . Paper-I, Chemistry & Physics of the Medical Entrance Examination will be held from 10 am to 12.30 noon (IST) on 23.04.2014 (Wednesday) and Paper-II: Biology will be held from 10 am to 12.30 pm on 24.04.2014 (Thursday).

The major change in this year’s admissions is the inclusion of MBBS/BDS Courses also under the Medical Entrance Examination. In 2013, the admissions to MBBS/BDS courses were based on the merit in the Kerala rank in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) conducted by the CBSE.

There will not be any entrance or aptitude test for Architecture, to be conducted by the CEE. Those desirous of B.Arch admissions would have to qualify in National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) conducted by the Council of Architecture.

More examination centres are expected to be announced outside the state, within India, this year. As of now, there are only two centres outside the State, one in New Delhi and other at Dubai, UAE.

Details are available at www.cee-kerala.org  and at http://cee.kerala.gov.in/