Karnataka Examinations Authority News

KEA CET May 2013

KEA CET to be held on 2013 May 1, 2, 3

In news that will bring some relief to those aiming for professional courses in the State, the Karnataka Examinations Authority ( KEA ) has finally decided on the dates for the Common Entrance Test ( CET ). The test will be held on 1st May, 2013, 2nd May, 2013 and 3rd May, 2013.

The decision was taken at the governing council meeting of the KEA here on 31st January, 2013.

However, though the CET is the qualifying examination for both medical and engineering courses, medical seat aspirants will have to wait for the Supreme Court’s final verdict on the National Eligibility – cum – Entrance Test ( NEET ) to find out if they have to write the CET.

According to the schedule drawn up by the KEA, the subject papers will be held on 1st May, 2013 and 2nd May, 2013, while the Kannada test for students applying under the ‘Horanadu’ and ‘Gadinadu’ categories will be on 3rd May, 2013.

“These dates were first agreed upon on 3rd January, 2013 at a meeting,” said a top KEA official.

KEA CET 2013 Behind Schedule :

The KEA application process and brochure is already well behind schedule. The official added that the KEA will be inviting applications shortly. “However, the decision is subject to the Supreme Court verdict on NEET,” he said.

The all – important seat matrix, which decides the ratio of seats in private colleges allotted under the government quota, will be decided this week. The government’s first round of talks with representatives of private professional college managements is slated to be held on 5th February, 2013 and 6th February, 2013, sources said. Discussions on the fee structure for these categories will also be held.

Meanwhile, the Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka ( COMEDK ) has announced that its undergraduate entrance test ( UGET ) will be held on 12th May, 2013. COMEDK Executive Director A.S. Srikanth told The Hindu that applications for the COMEDK UGET, which is also dependent on the Supreme Court verdict, will be invited at least a month before the exam.

“By April, we will close the application window,” he said.

AIEEE, IIT – JEE

The dates for the other two entrance exams for professional courses have also been announced. The AIEEE offline exam is scheduled for 29th April, 2013, while the online exam will be held from 7th May, 2013 to 26th May, 2013. The IIT – JEE mains will be on 7th April, 2013 and the advanced exam will be held on 3rd June, 2013.

Karnataka CET 2013 Important Dates :

• Last date for the submission of application forms to the principals of schools & Colleges : March 30, 2013.
• Last date for the submission of application forms by the principals of schools & Colleges to KEA : April 05, 2013.
• Last date for the receipt of application forms by the candidates out side the Karnataka : April 05, 2013.
• Date of admission cards by KEA : April 20, 2013.
• CET 2013 will be conducted on : May 01, 02 & 03, 2013.
• Date of publication of answer keys : May 07, 2013.
• CET 2013 results will be on May 27, 2013.

Karnataka CET Contact Details :

Administrative Officer,
Karanataka Examination Authority,
18th Cross, Sampige Road,
Malleswaram, Bangalore – 580012.
Tel: 080 – 23462599 / 758.

1,243 take Kannada Test on concluding day of CET

The Common Entrance Test ( CET ) concluded on Friday with 1,243 appearing for the Kannada language test conducted for Horanadu and Gadinadu Kannadiga candidates, said a release from the Karnataka Examinations Authority.

Over 1.39 lakh students had enrolled for the entrance exam for admissions to government seats in colleges offering medical, dental, engineering, architecture courses, besides those in agricultural varsities.

The CET answer key will be published on 7th May, 2013. On 10th May, 2013, the practical exam for applicants of agriculture, horticulture and veterinary universities, who come under the ‘agriculturist quota’, will be held.

The results of the CET will be announced on 27th May, 2013 and verification of documents will begin on 29th May, 2013. Online option entry begins on 15th June, 2013, while the real allotment of seats will begin on 29th June, 2013.

Refund Extra Fees

VTU, KEA urged to refund Extra Fees collected from Students

The National Students’ Union of India has alleged that the Karnataka Examinations Authority and Visvesvaraya Technological University have cheated meritorious students admitted to MBA and MCA during 2011 – 12, by collecting extra fees.

Addressing presspersons here on 4th December, 2012, NSUI coordinator, Dharwad, Rajat Ullagaddimath and coordinators from other districts said while the government had fixed fee of 24,390 and  24,890 for MBA and MCA courses respectively in VTU regional and extension centres, more than  50,000 had been collected from students.

Mr. Ullagaddimath said that VTU had regional PG centres in Bangalore, Mysore, Davangere, Belgaum and Gulbarga, and during 2011 – 12, as many as 542 students had taken admission through counselling conducted by the KEA.

He said that at the time of admission, KEA authorities had asked students to pay a fee of  53,590, stating that the extra amount would be either adjusted against the fee for third and fourth semesters or refunded.

“But the students were again asked to pay the same amount as fee during third and fourth semesters this year. The students reminded them about the extra amount they had paid previously, but at all the regional centres students were again told to pay the additional amount, which would be refunded. Now the students are writing the third semester examinations, and there has been no mention of refunds,” he said.

Memorandum

He said the students, led by the NSUI, had submitted memorandums to the university authorities and the Higher Education Minister through the respective deputy commissioners. “However, there has been no action on the issue.

The VTU authorities have even threatened students participating in the agitation with dire consequences,” he said.

“Interestingly, the VTU authorities have collected fees as per the government notification for those who had taken admission to the first year during 2012 – 13,” he said.

Mr. Ullagaddimath said that if the students were not refunded the extra amount of  60,000 each, the NSUI would be forced to intensify the agitation and also approach the court seeking legal remedy.

The NSUI coordinators said that they hoped that a solution in the students’ favour was announced by the government during the Belgaum session. “Otherwise, after 20th December, 2012 we will launch an agitation,” they said.

MBA MCA Vacant Seats

50% of MBA, MCA Seats Left Vacant in Karnataka

The Karnataka Examinations Authority ( KEA ), Bangalore completed its PGCET 2012 online seat selection process for the MBA, MCA and M.Tech courses across Karnataka under government quota. After finalising the seat allotment process noted that 50% of the MBA, MCA government seats left vacant.

Around 236 colleges in Karnataka with an intake of 14,148 seats for MBA course and 8,007 seats for MCA course allotted through the Postgraduate Common Entrance Test ( PGCET ) conducted by KEA. In which only 7,600 students have reported to the allotted colleges.

At the same time, management quota seats also remain vacant. Total 13,000 seats are available for the Karnataka Management Admission Test ( KMAT ), only 9,000 were filled.

Hari Krishna Maram, Member of the governing council body of All India Management Association said, “The interest in business degrees is fading for the past three years. It’s worse this year. Placements are less attractive. In most industries, placements aren’t taking place. Students are reluctant to invest up to 5 lakh for an MBA degree after graduation. Many are taking up jobs and opting for part time MBA courses, instead of full time programmes. With centralized exams for management courses coming up, the numbers might rise in the future.”

KEA Online Option Entry Schedule 2012

KEA PGCET 2012 Online Option Entry Schedule Out !

KEA ( Karnataka Examination authority ) has announced the Option entry schedule for PGCET 2012 ( Post Graduate Common Entrance Test ) in order to provide admissions for PG Courses in MBA, MCA, ME /  M.Tech / M.Arch.

In contribution to this official notification, the schedule is given for verification of documents at 13 helpline centres across the state. In order to be considered for allotment of seats to MBA, MCA and ME / M.Tech / M.Arch ( Infrastructure Management ) courses for the year 2012 – 13, the candidates who become eligible after verification of documents will have to exercise their order of priority of options in the KEA website, by selecting the appropriate link in the option entry portal.

The Online Option Entry Schedule is as follows :

Candidates please Note :

• The candidates have to follow the procedures instructed in the “Instruction Manual – User Hand Book” for entry of options which is hosted on the KEA Website.
• All the candidates who become eligible after verification are advised to key their options as per the above schedule date and time.
• KEA will not be responsible if any candidate claims ignorance of the above schedule for Option Entry and fails to key in options within the specified time and date period.
• Candidates are advised not to wait till the last date and time, but should key in their options well within the last date and time specified in the schedule.
• KEA will not be responsible if a candidate fails to key his or her options due to any reasons.
• Candidates are advised to enter as many numbers of options to avoid disappointment of not allotting the seats.
• Due to change in the options by candidates after Mock Allotment, one may not get the same seat in the real allotment as it was allotted in the mock allotment.
• Candidate has to enter the options on their own arrangements and they need to come to Helpline Centres for Entry of Options.

PGCET 2012 Fee Structure & Seat Allotment Details

KEA ( Karnataka Examination Authority ) has declared the fee structure and seat availability details for PGCET 2012 candidates. It consists of first year tuition fee for Admission into MBA, MCA, ME / M.Tech / M.Arch courses.

The fee structure is included for both Karnataka and Non – Karnataka students, inclusive of university registration and other fees.

Please Note : The University registration fee and other fee will be deducted in respect of the candidates and the same will be remitted to the concerned universities directly by the KEA. The entire amount paid by the candidate as fee ( Excluding the university registration fee and other fee ) will be transferred to the respective colleges, after completion of the seat allotment process.

Below table shows the complete details on the fee structure of each course based on both full time and part time studies.

Discipline	In Government, University Regional / Extn Centres VTU Regional / Extn Centres		Private Un - Aided Institutions
	Full Time	Part Time
MBA	24,390 /-	19,390 /-	54,390 /-
MCA	24,890 /-	-	54,890 /-
ME / M.Tech	24,390 /-	19,890 /-	64,890 /-

Break up of other fees for 1st year MBA, MCA, ME / M.Tech / M.Arch courses is as following.

Sl. No	Particulars	MBA	MCA	M.Tech ( Full Time )	M.Tech ( Part Time )
01	University Registration Fee and Other Fee	3000 /-	3000 /-	3000 /-	3000 /-
02	E - Learning FEES	1000 /-	1500 /-	1000 /-	1500 /-
03	Sports Fees	50 /-	50 /-	50 /-	50 /-
04	Sports Development Fees	75 /-	75 /-	75 /-	75 /-
05	Carrier Guidance and Service Fund	10 /-	10 /-	10 /-	10 /-
06	University Development Fund	200 /-	200 /-	200 /-	200 /-
07	Cultural Activities	25 /-	25 /-	25 /-	25 /-
08	Teachers Development Fee	15 /-	15 /-	15 /-	15 /-
09	Student Development Fees	15 /-	15 /-	15 /-	15 /-
Total		4,390 /-	4,890 /-	4,390 /-	4,890 /-

The seat allotment details are given in the following links :

Seat Allotment for MBA – http://www.kar.nic.in/kea/pgcet/MBA_SEATS_2012.pdf

Seat Allotment For MCA – http://www.kar.nic.in/kea/pgcet/MBA_SEATS_2012.pdf

Seat Allotment For M.Arch / ME / M.Tech – http://www.kar.nic.in/kea/pgcet/MTECH_SEATS_2012.pdf

KEA Diploma CET 2012

KEA Diploma CET 2012 Extended Casual Vacancy Round

Karnataka Examinations Authority ( KEA ), Bangalore announced the Diploma CET 2012 extended Casual Vacancy Round seat allotment process for Lateral Entry.

All the candidates who have verified their documents will only be eligible to participate in this round. Candidates are advised to enter options only if they are interested to participate in this round. The seat held by a candidate will get automatically cancelled upon allotment of a seat and such cancelled seat will be offered to the next eligible candidates in the order of merit.

All the unfilled / cancelled / surrendered / newly added seats if any will be offered in the Extended Casual Vacancy Round. In this round the following types of seats will be made available to the candidates.

• Un – allotted seats after completion of the seat allotment on 26th September, 2012.
• Newly Added seats.
• Cancelled / Surrendered Seats.
• Choice 4 seats.
• Choice 1 Seats of General Casual Vacancy Round – Not collected the Admission Order.
• Candidates allotted seats but failed to exercise their Choice within the last date.
• Candidates allotted seats but failed to exercise their Choice within the last date.
• Consequential Vacancies.

Important Dates :

• Display of the College wise vacancy position : 4th October, 2012.
• Option Entry by eligible candidates : 4th October, 2012 at 6PM To 6th October, 2012, till 8 PM.
• Announcement of Seat Allotment Results : 9th October, 2012 at 4 PM.
• Payment of Fee and receiving of admission order : 10th October, 2012.
• Last date for reporting to the college allotted : 12th October, 2012.

Please Note :

• The seats will be allotted based on merit and options entered by the candidate. The candidates who are allotted seat in this Extended Casual Vacancy Round should compulsory report to the allotted college without fail. For any reason there is no chance to get back the previous allotted seat as the same will be offered to the next candidate in the merit queue. Therefore, if you are interested then only enter the options cautiously.
• If fresh option gets allotted then earlier allotted seat gets cancelled automatically OR if fresh options seats are not allotted then earlier allotted seat shall remains in candidates favour. All the candidates are eligible to participate in this round keeping the seat allotted on hold. However, if a seat in the fresh options gets allotted the candidate loses his old seat. There is no choice between the seats.

Contact Details :

Karanataka Examination Authority,
18 Cross, Sampige Road,
Malleswaram, Bangalore – 580012.
Phone : 080 – 23568204 / 05.

KEA CET Seat Martix & Fees

KEA CET 2012 announces Seat Martix & Fee Structure

KEA CET 2012, had declared the seat matrix and fee structure for candidates who have cleared the Class 12 supplementary exams and waiting for their first year admissions.  The Government has here by scheduled the date on 11th July, 2013.

All eligible candidates are requested to make a note of the fee structure. After the seat allotment the candidates those who selects Choice number 1, should pay the requisite fee in the form of Demand draft from any nationalized bank in the sample Helpline Centre where they have verified their original documents on or before the date specified in each seat allotment round.

Candidates who select Choice 2 and 3 need not remit the fees or need not come to the helpline centre but they can participate in the next round.

Demand Draft Details :

• The Candidates should not bring the fees in the form of Cash or Cheque.
• Demand Draft should be drawn in favour of “The Executive Director, Karnataka Examination Authority” payable at the respective Helpline Centres from any Nationalized Banks

Seat Matrix, to view the format of seat allotment http://www.kar.nic.in/kea/cet2012/suply_seats_2012.pdf

The Fee structure is as shown in the following table :

Percentage of Government share of seats for various professional Courses for the year 2012 – 13					First Year Admission Fees For Various Professional Courses For The Year 2012 – 13
College Type					College Type
Discipline	Government Colleges	Aided Colleges	Private Un – Aided Colleges		Government Colleges	Aided       Colleges	Private Un – Aided Minority and Non – Minority Colleges
			Non Minority	Minority
Medical	85%	-	40%	25%	16,700/-	-	46,000/-
Dental	85%	-	35%	25%	14,40	-	35,000/-
Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy	100%	80%	20%	-	8,590/-	18,590/-	28,590/-
Engineering / Technology / Architecture	100%	95%	45%	40%	18,090/-	18,090/-	36,090/- OR      41,590/-

Seat Allotment

Seat Allotment for Diploma Students

The results of the real seat allotment for students who wish to obtain diploma seats under the government quota have been announced. A press release from the Karnataka Examinations Authority ( KEA ) on 26th September, 2012 said candidates would be able to access their results in this link - http://bit.ly/QykD2l

Students who exercise choice 1 and opt for day colleges can collect admission letters rank-wise from 27th September, 2012  to 29th September, 2012.

KEAs Post on NEET 2013

Medical Aspirants in Dilemma over KEA’s Post on NEET 2013

A recent update on the Karnataka Examination Authority ( KEA ) has caused confusion for the parents and pre university students who want to pursue medicine next academic year. As per the post titled – NEET 2013, on the website the online application procedure for the examination will begin on December 01, 2012 and the examination will be held in May 2013.

The Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE ) will be conducting NEET 2013 according to their syllabus; this has concerned many parents and students alike. The students who are currently in the final year of the pre university level are still following the State syllabus and this will handicap their performance in NEET 2013.

Parents expressed that the CBSE and State syllabi are different and it would be difficult for the State syllabus students to answer the Biology, Physics and Chemistry papers in NEET 2013. The first year students of the pre university are following the CBSE syllabus and it would be only fair to conduct NEET from 2014.

A renowned academician revealed that there was a vast difference between the two syllabi and the CBSE students solved more advanced problems. A final year Science student revealed that the CBSE syllabus discusses each topic more in depth and it would be difficult for the students to prepare for NEET along with the final pre university exams.

The KEA website further informed that they would take up capacity building of students that will fully prepare them to take the NEET 2013. This would be telecast on Doordarshan’s Chandana channel from October 16, 2012 from 9:15 pm to 10:00 pm till May 2013. Some academicians are skeptic about the lessons being telecast, questioning if Science is a cinema that can be understood through television.

It is believed that a separate NEET Cell is being set up by the KEA which would interact directly with the students and help them prepare for the examination. The KEA will also conduct mock NEET in the offline and online mode from January 2013. The parents are eagerly waiting for a response from the State Government to clarify if the candidates will have to take up the CET or NEET for admission to medical programs in 2013.

KEA Online Seat Alotment

KEA commences online seat allotment for 2 year engineering course

Karnataka Examination Authority ( KEA ) has started the online seat allotment process for second year engineering courses and first year architecture course for 2012-13. It has also commenced the mock trial of option entry process for practice.

Rank holders are required to choose the link “Hands on training practice for option entry ( mock operation )” between 12th September,2012 and 14th September, 2012. KEA has made seat matrix of diploma CH – 2011 available for practice. This practice session will help rank holders to train on real option entry which will begin as per the prescribed schedule.

The system will accept the unique key needed to log onto option entry only after verifying the complete document of all the candidates. Till then candidates are required to use CET ( Common Entrance Test ) application number for practice.