Telangana all set for first Eamcet

Hyderabad: Online applications for Telangana state Eamcet will be accepted between February 28 and April 9. The notification for the state’s maiden Eamcet will be issued on February 25.

TS Eamcet is scheduled to be held on May 14. It is estimated that about 2.5 lakh aspirants will appear for the exam this year with 70,000 of them being from Andhra Pradesh. Students from AP, who wish to write the exam, will have to come to TS and do so. As of now, there are no exam centres for TS Eamcet in AP, but the officials said that they will consider setting up exam centres there if AP makes a request.

No changes have been made in the pattern of the Eamcet this year. For normalisation, officials said the AP Board of Intermediate Education will be treated on par with other Boards of the country, like the CBSE. Fees for the exam can be paid through select private banks in addition to the TS and AP Mee Seva centres as well as TS and AP Online centres. Students will have to obtain at least 25 per cent of the total 160 marks to qualify for ranking.