KCET 2020 Counselling – Dates, Choice Entry, Process, kea.kar.nic.in

KCET 2020 Counselling – Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) conducts KCET counselling for the eligible candidates. Only those whose name is included in the merit list can participate in the counselling process. Candidates can check KCET counselling 2020 dates from the official website at cetonline.karnataka.gov.in. Eligible candidates need to first appear for document verification only after which they can proceed to exercise choices for course / college, etc. Based on the merit and choice submitted by the candidate, they are allotted a seat. Check more information on Karnataka CET counselling 2020 from this page.

KCET 2020 Counselling

Last year, 1.4 lakh candidates qualified for Engineering and Tech courses and over 1.13 lakh candidates qualified for Agriculture courses were eligible to participare in counselling. Candidates can check KCET 2020 counselling from the table below.

KCET 2020 Counselling Process

After the declaration of the result of KCET, KEA will release the list of selected for the documents verification process. Candidates who will qualify all the process will be allotted seats for admission into their desired choice. Check the steps of counseling process from below:

Step 1- Document Verification 

First, selected candidates will have to appear for the document verification process. After that, KEA will release the mock allotment result on the basis of the documents verification.

Step 2 – Mock Allotment Result 

The mock allotment result of the candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria is published online at KEA website. After that, selected candidates have to fill the online choices of their preference college/course, according to which they will be allotted seats.

Step 3 – Entry of Choices

After the mock result, candidates have to enter the choices on the official website. Before filling the choices, candidates must check the seat matrix of the college and course.

Step 4 – Seat Allotment

On the basis of the cutoff of the colleges, candidates are allotted seats in the first round. After the seats allotment candidates will appear for the admission process at the allotted college. Same second round and last round for left out seats will be held for the rest of the candidates.

KCET 2020 Document Verification Process

Candidates who have qualified the exam will have to appear for the verification process, for the further counselling process. KEA will release the list of the selected candidates and the schedule for the process. Candidates will have to reach the nearest Helpline service in their district. Candidates have to report at the centre along with the original documents required for verification.

If a candidate fails to appear for the verification process, or fails to produce any of the original documents / certificates / marks card on the day of verification, such candidate will not be considered for further counselling process.

List of the documents (original & self attested) required for the verification process:

• Online Application Form of CET-2020
• CET-2020 Hall Ticket
• SSLC / 10th Standard Marks Card
• 2nd PUC / 12th Standard Marks Card
• Study Certificate counter signed by the concerned BEO / DDPI
• Two recent passport size photographs
• Caste Certificate / Caste Income Certificate (if Reserved Candidates)
• Income Certificate
• ID card issued by the Jurisdictional Deputy Commissioner / District Magistrate / Rehabilitation Commissioner (if claiming seats under Jammu & Kashmiri Migrants quota)

KCET 2020 Choice Filling

Candidates who have qualified the verification processs will be able to fill the online choices of preferences of college/course. KEA will open the web portal for the online choice filling. Candidates have to fill the choices for UGNEET (Medical/Dental) & UG CET ( Engineering / Architecture / Farm Science) separately. If a candidates exercise a Choice-1 for Medical/Dental and select second choice from Engineering / Architecture / Farm Science, then such candidate will not be selected for the seat allotment.

On the basis of the choice filling and rank of the candidate, seats will be allotted. If a candidate will not be allotted seats in first round, then he/she will be allotted seat in second round. The choices in second round will be same as in the first round. Candidate will not be allowed to fill the choices again.

KCET 2020 Seat Allotment Process

After the choice filling, KEA will release the list of the candidates who have allotted seats in the first round. Seats will be allotted on the basis of the eligibility and choices of preferences. Same process is going to be conducted for the second round. Candidates who are not selected in first round can be selected in second.

After the seat allotment candidates will be provided with the admissions order, according to which they have to appear at the allotted college for admission process. Candidates are advised to produce the original documents at the allotted centre along the requisite admission fee.

KCET 2020 Fee Structure

Candidates who will be allotted seats have to pay the fee of the courses at the time of admission. Check the fee structure as per last year of all the courses from the table below:

For Engineering / Architecture

For B.Pharm and Pharm-D

For Others

About KCET

Karnataka common entrance test(KCET) is conducted by KEA for the admission into various UG courses in the colleges of Karanataka. It is a state-level exam conducted in pen-paper based mode (offline mode). Candidates who have completed 10+2 level education apply for the exam. The exam will carry the 4 sections which Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology and each section will be of 60 marks. The duration of the each session will be 80 minutes.

About KEA

The Government of Karnataka (GOK) founded the Karnataka Examination Authority in 2006 to regulate the admission into the colleges of Karnataka. Before that, GOK hase established the common Entrance Test Cell in 1994 to conduct the entrance test for admissions into various UG and PG courses in Karnataka. Later on, it is converted as an autonomous body, now knows as KEA. IT is governed by the Governing Council Minister of Higher Education, GOK.

Official website – cetonline.karnataka.gov.in

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