Over 98,000 Appear for Polytechnic Entrance Test
The test took place from 11 am to 1.30 pm for admissions into courses offered by SBTET, along with diploma programmes in agriculture, veterinary and horticulture universities.
Hyderabad: The State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET), Telangana, conducted Polytechnic Common Entrance Test (POLYCET-2026) across 293 examination centres in the state on Wednesday for admissions into diploma courses in engineering and non-engineering streams.
The test took place from 11 am to 1.30 pm for admissions into courses offered by SBTET, along with diploma programmes in agriculture, veterinary and horticulture universities.
A total of 1,06,439 candidates registered for the examination and 98,028 students appeared, which takes the overall attendance to 92.10 per cent.
Among boys, 52,200 candidates attended the examination out of 56,491 registrations, with 92.40 per cent attendance. Girls recorded 91.75 per cent attendance, with 45,828 students appearing out of 49,948 registered candidates.
The entrance examination is conducted for admissions into diploma programmes in technical education institutions across the state.
