The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) is planning to conduct integrated counselling for medical, dental and engineering courses this year.
In the last academic year, counselling for medical seats was held after the engineering seat allotment process was complete. As a result, many students who had opted for engineering seats to be ‘safe’, gave them away after they were allotted medical seats.
A.S. Ravi, Public Relations Officer, said that the KEA was planning the integrated counselling after candidates faced the problem last year. “Allotment of all seats will take place simultaneously,” he said.
The result of the Common Entrance Test (CET) is likely to be announced in the last week of May, Mr. Ravi said.
While the seat allotment for government and government quota engineering seats will be based on the CET ranks, the medical, dental and AYUSH seats will be allotted based on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) ranks. Students will have to look at their percentile to see if they have met the eligibility clause. Mr. Ravi also said that the KEA had given candidates an option to edit any data they found to be incorrect in their application forms.
The last date to do so is May 25.
