APSCHE releases CET 2019-20 schedule
Anupama M | TNN | Jan 13, 2019, 15:58 IST
Representational Image VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh State Higher Education Council (APSCHE), on Friday, announced the schedule of the Common Entrance Tests to be held by the council for the academic year 2019-20. The much awaited date for the AP Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test is announced to be held from April 20 to 24. The date has been advanced by two days since 2018, when it was held on April 22.
All the CETs will be held in online mode and the State Human Resource Development minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao formally released the schedule in Vijayawada. He said that the APSCHE has not missed a single date of examination or announcement of results since its establishment in 2014, post -bifurcation.
The APSCHE has also made a mobile application, APCETS Nestham, for the benefit of the candidates. “Complete information on the CETS from schedule to counselling has been put up in the App. It is especially useful for the candidates to locate their examination center and is designed in a student-centric model,” said the minister.
Two exams APEDCET and AP LAWCET are scheduled to be held on the same day of May 6. While EDCET will be held in the morning session between 10 am to 1 pm, the LAWCET will be held in the afternoon session between 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm. The officials said that the candidates applying for both the tests will have enough time to attempt them both.
The minister noted that there has been a consistent increase in the number of candidates attempting the APEAMCET since 2014 and this year, they are expecting over two lakh applications. He also added that the number of student migrating from Andhra pRadesh to other states to pursue Engineering education has fallen as the APSCHE started conducting EAMCET early and finishing the admissions before August, every year.
The examination dates and timings of the seven common entrance tests have been released
and no changes have been made in the universities that conduct the exams, from last year. The CETs begin with AP Engineering Common Entrance Test (for B Tech Lateral Entry) to be held on April 19 and will end with AP Andhra Pradesh Physical Education Common Entrance Test to be held from May 8 to 15.
APCETs 2019 Schedule
All the CETs will be held in online mode and the State Human Resource Development minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao formally released the schedule in Vijayawada. He said that the APSCHE has not missed a single date of examination or announcement of results since its establishment in 2014, post -bifurcation.
The APSCHE has also made a mobile application, APCETS Nestham, for the benefit of the candidates. “Complete information on the CETS from schedule to counselling has been put up in the App. It is especially useful for the candidates to locate their examination center and is designed in a student-centric model,” said the minister.
Two exams APEDCET and AP LAWCET are scheduled to be held on the same day of May 6. While EDCET will be held in the morning session between 10 am to 1 pm, the LAWCET will be held in the afternoon session between 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm. The officials said that the candidates applying for both the tests will have enough time to attempt them both.
The minister noted that there has been a consistent increase in the number of candidates attempting the APEAMCET since 2014 and this year, they are expecting over two lakh applications. He also added that the number of student migrating from Andhra pRadesh to other states to pursue Engineering education has fallen as the APSCHE started conducting EAMCET early and finishing the admissions before August, every year.
The examination dates and timings of the seven common entrance tests have been released
and no changes have been made in the universities that conduct the exams, from last year. The CETs begin with AP Engineering Common Entrance Test (for B Tech Lateral Entry) to be held on April 19 and will end with AP Andhra Pradesh Physical Education Common Entrance Test to be held from May 8 to 15.
APCETs 2019 Schedule
| CET | Date | University | Exam Timings |
| APECET | 19 April | JNTU Anantapuram | 10 am to 1 pm |
| APEAMCET (Engineering) | 20 April to 22 April | JNTU Kakinada | 10 am to 1 pm 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm |
| APEAMCET (AGRI) | 24 April | JNTU Kakinada | 10 am to 1 pm 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm |
| APICET | 26 April | SVU Tirupati | 10 am to 1 pm 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm |
| APPGECET | 1 May to 4 May | AU Visakhapatnam | 10 am to 1 pm 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm |
| APEDCET | 6 May | SVU Tirupati | 10 am to 1 pm |
| APLAWCET | 6 May | SKY Ananthapuram | 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm |
| APPECET | 8 May to 15 May | ANU Guntur | 9 am to 4 pm |
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