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Admission to the First Year of Professional Degree Courses Session 2018- 19, Directorate of Technical Education, Government of Goa shall conduct Goa Common Entrance Test - GCET 2018 for admission to Professional Courses in MBBS, BDS, BHMS, B.E., B.Arch & B.Pharm., Allied Health Sciences (BPT, BOT, B.Opt., B.Sc.M.I.T., B.Sc.A.T.) B.Sc in Nursing in the State of Goa for the academic year 2018-19

Courses Offered:

Eligibility:

GCET admission to Professional Degree courses included in this prospectus, an applicant must fulfil the following criteria:

Nationality: Admission to professional courses in State of Goa is open to Indian nationals fulfilling the eligibility criteria under various categories. Non-resident Indians holding Indian passport may also apply for seats reserved under NRI category. Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) /Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cardholders are considered eligible for admissions to seats under NRI Category

Foreign Nationals must apply to Govt. of India

Age: An applicant to Degree courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Homoeopathy Allied Health Sciences and Nursing must have competed the age of 17 years on or before 31st December of the academic year of admission to become eligible for admission to First Year. No age limit, minimum or maximum, is specified for admission to Engineering, Pharmacy and Architecture

Valid score at GCET-2018: An applicant for Degree courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Engineering, Pharmacy, Homoeopathy, Allied Health Sciences and Nursing must have appeared and obtained valid score at the Goa Common Entrance Test GCET conducted by Govt of Goa for the year of admission. GCET score of the previous year/s shall not be valid; for Medicine and Dentistry Degree courses, minimum GCET score should be 50% (40% in case of SC/ST/OBC and 45% for applicants belonging to PH category) aggregate in specified subjects. No minimum limit is specified for other courses. An applicant for Degree Course in Architecture must have appeared and obtained valid score at NATA conducted by Council of Architecture

Qualifying Exam & Minimum Marks: An applicant must have passed the Higher Secondary School Certificate Exam of the Goa Board or an Exam conducted by the CBSE New Delhi, or any other exam, which in scope and standard, is deemed to be equivalent to the HSSC exam of Goa Board, and must have obtained the minimum percentage of marks in the specific subjects, as prescribed for the admission to respective professional courses, as under

a) First Year MBBS, BDS, BHMS, AHS & B.Sc. in Nursing

MBBS, BDS, BHMS & AHS: Applicant should have passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (Std. XII) exam of Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent exam with English & secured not less than 50% marks in the aggregate of subjects of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology taken together. (40% for the applicants belonging to SC/ST & OBC only and 45% for applicants belonging to PH category for MBBS /BDS Course)

B.Sc in Nursing: Applicants should have passed HSSC with minimum 50% aggregate marks, as well as secure 50% aggregate marks in English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology for General Category, (45% aggregate marks in all subjects for candidates belonging to SC/ST category, as well as min. 50% aggregate marks in English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology)

b) First Year B.E.: The applicant should have passed the HSSC (Std.XIIth) Exam of the Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent exam with English, Physics & Maths as compulsory subjects with one of the following subjects Chemistry/Bio-Technology/Computer Sci./Biology, & secured not less than 45% marks in the aggregate to SC/ST and OBC only)

c) First Year B.Pharm: The applicant should have passed the HSSC (Std.XIIth) Exam of the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent exam with English, Physics & Chemistry as compulsory subjects with one of the following subjects Mathematics/Bio-Technology/Computer Science/Biology, and secured not less than 45% marks in the aggregate of subjects of Physics & Chemistry with one of the following subjects Mathematics/Bio-Technology/Computer Science/Biology (40% for the applicants belonging to SC/ST & OBC only) As per Pharmacy Council of India Regulations, candidates passing Senior Secondary School Exam conducted by National Open School, New Delhi are not approved/eligible for admissions to B.Pharm

d) First Year B.Arch.: The applicant should have passed the HSSC (Std.XIIth) Exam of the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent exam with Mathematics as one of the subjects and secured at least 50% marks in aggregate (45% aggregate marks for applicants belonging to SC/ST/OBC); or 10+3 Diploma (any stream) recognised by Central/State Governments with 50% aggregate marks; or International Baccalaureate Diploma, after 10 years of schooling, with not less than 50% marks in aggregate and with Mathematics as compulsory subject of exam. Applicants scoring min 80/200 at NATA will be eligible for admission to B.Arch., provided NATA score is obtained by answering NATA exam before last date of submission of admission form

e) Kashmiri Migrants Only in Engg Courses: The applicant should have passed the Higher Secondary School Certificate (Std.XIIth) exam or its equivalent exam with English, Physics & Mathematics as compulsory subjects with one of the following subjects Chemistry/Bio-Technology/Computer Science/Biology & secured not less than 45% marks

f) Admission of Eligible Diploma/B.Sc Degree holders to First Year of Engg/Pharmacy Degree Courses: Candidates who have passed Diploma in Engineering /B.Sc Degree with Mathematics as a subject at Std XIIth , with at least 45% marks (40% marks in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC), shall be eligible for admission to First Year of Engg Degree Courses, subject to vacancies in First Year, after vacancies at Lateral Entry into Direct Second Year are exhausted

The merit list of such candidates shall be prepared on the basis of aggregate marks scored at qualifying exam

GCET Exam Pattern:

• The exam will consist of four papers as physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology
• Each paper will consist of 75 (Seventy Five) questions to be answered in two hours (One hundred & twenty minutes)
• Each question shall have four choices for answers, out of which only one shall be correct
• Correct answer shall carry one mark for each question. There will be no negative marking for wrong/multiple answers
• The examination will be in English language only
• The questions will be composed from the 11th & 12th syllabus prescribed by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education

Selection Process:

• The selection will be made through the counselling process; the candidates will be ranked as per their individual score in GCET result 2018 and called for counselling
• After the successful processing of counselling, the candidates will be allotted the institutions and seat as per their ranks.

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