1. Eligibility for admission

1.1 The candidates eligible for admission shall have successfully completed the Xth Standard examination conducted by the Board of Public Examinations, Kerala State or any other examination recognized equivalent by the Board of Public Examinations, Kerala State with eligibility for Higher Education 4.2 Admission shall be on merit from the rank list prepared by considering 50% weightage for the total

marks for the qualifying examination and 50% weightage for the marks secured in the in-house aptitude test

2. Registration

Every student admitted to the programme shall register with the State Board of Technical Education, Kerala immediately after joining the programme. The registration shall be valid for a maximum

period of 5 years.

3. Instructional duration in an academic year

The academic year shall consist of a minimum of 36 weeks of instruction including intervening holidays,

but excluding the period of examination and study holidays.

The programme shall follow annual puttem with end of the year examinations conducted by The Board of Technical Examinations, Kerala

There shall be 7 instructional periods of 55 minutes duration per day, and there shall be 5 working days

per week from Monday to Friday and thereby 35 periods per week.

4. Minimum attendance for eligibility to appear the end of the year examination A candidate must secure a minimum of 80% attendance in each year, in order to secure eligibility to appe for End of the Year Examination.

In the case of these students with 63% or more attendance, but could not asin 80% atendance due to dical the Principal/Head of the Institution, a hisher discretion, may grant the permission to for the examination, subject to the remittance of the "Condonation Fer", fixed by the Governmen from time to time

Students who have secured less than 65% attendance are not eligible to apply for "Condonation", and will not be allowed to appear for the examination under any circumstance Ses who have shortage of attendance, but not condoned, are not eligible to appear for the end of the year camisation They may seek readmission and repean the clases. Application for readmission shall be entertained only for gemuine caxes on medical grounds and in doubtful cases, Principal/Head of institution shall seek report from the medical board. Reque for Condonation for the first time can be entertained by the Principal/Head of institution. Condonation requested for second time, shall be entertained only by the Joint Director of the respective Regional Directorate Directorate of Technical Education under which the institution is sinisted, on the recommendations of the Principal/Head of Institution

5. Continuous Absence, Removal from Rolls and Readmision

A student who is absent from the class for a continuous period of 15 working days will be removed from the rolls Such student has the choice to seek readmission in the same academic year, submitting application to the Principal/Head of institution citing the reason for the absence Permission for readmission shall be granted only on genuine cases and only if the student can attain te stipulated minimum of 65% attendance, Students who do not seek readmission in the current academic year can seek readmission in subsequent year. Students should remit the required fee for availing readmission whether it is

in the same academic year or in the subsequent academic year.