Eamcet - 50% marks in Inter subjects mandatory From this year

Shocking news to Engineering colleges Managements...

From this 2011 50% marks in Intermediate in Maths, Physics and Chemistry to be eligible for admission to engineering colleges. Students from SC and ST should get at least 40%. The new norm may prove disastrous for Engineering colleges as nearly 80,000 students who qualified in Eamcet last year did not secure 50% marks in Inter.
But from next year, those who do no secure 50 per cent marks will not be able to pursue Engineering courses resulting in thousands of seats remaining vacant. The requirement of 50% in Inter was applicable only to Eamcet medical stream students in accordance with the directions of the Medical Council of India two years ago.
The new norm, that is meant to improve standards in professional education, will be incorporated in the Eamcet notification set to be issued in the first week of February.
This follows the decision of the AICTE to increase the qualifying marks from 35% to 50% in 10+2 exams to improve the standards in Engineering.

EAMCET 2011

Eamcet committee will meet on January 29 to finalise the schedule for issuing Eamcet-2011 notification and sale of applications. Eamcet notification is likely to be issued on February 5. JNTU-Hyderabad will conduct the Eamcet for the 12th year in a row. Eamcet committee comprises representatives from 25 universities and the officials of higher and technical education departments. The issue of “hi-tech cheating” in the Eamcet last year using modern gadgets is likely to prominently figure in the meeting. Eamcet committee will examine various options like installing cellphone jammers at Eamcet centers to check hi-tech copying.
Eamcet will be conducted on May 8. Andhra Pradesh government has decided to conduct Eamcet on a Sunday like last year to save students from weekday traffic problems. Eamcet 2011 applications would be available in all Andhra Bank branches, e-seva centers and post offices.