Be wary of middlemen and private helpline centres when it comes to seeking admission through web counselling, warned Camp-in-charge of engineering admissions in the State, K.Raghunath. >http://apeamcet.nic.in/
“Do not share the registration number and password of web counselling with anybody,” he cautioned students and their parents attending ‘The Hindu Education Plus Career Counselling 2012 for Engineering and Professional Courses’, here on Sunday.
Elaborating about the web counselling procedure, he asked students to visit the website http://apeamcet.nic.in to have a clear picture of cut-off ranks for various streams across the institutions. With 3.26 lakh seats in engineering on offer for merely 2.05 lakh qualified candidates, fear of not getting admission can be ruled out for this year.
Finding the helpline centre nearest to the candidate’s residence is the first step towards web counselling procedure after release of the notification by the EAMCET convener. There are 55 helpline centres across the State, a minimum of one in each district.
At the helpline centre, the candidate needs to pay processing fee and take the receipt, after which he or she will be led for certificate verification. One must produce the rank card, Class X and Intermediate marks memos, bonafide certificates, and income and caste certificates as is applicable in each case.
In case of special categories such as NCC, sportspersons, physically challenged, or ex-servicemen, the relevant certificates should be produced, Dr.Raghunath said, and alerted that candidates from all these categories should approach only the ‘Sankethika Vidya Bhavan’ in Masab Tank in Hyderabad for the certificate verification.
The candidate will be given a receipt in acknowledgement of the certificate verification, with mention of all the certificates produced. One should be watchful for any errors in entry of details.
After completion of certificate verification, candidates will be sent to the briefing hall where the procedure of web counselling will be explained visually by playing a DVD. They will be given a list of colleges and courses along with a manual option form which provides for making options against the college and course codes. Filling up the manual option form will make it easier for the candidate to enter the details on screen, he said. For online option entry, use only a system with Internet Explorer 6 or advanced versions.
After entering the URL http://apeamcet.nic.in in the Explorer, and clicking on the Option Entry button, one must enter a password which should be kept strictly confidential. On the screen that appears, the candidates should fill in details such as Hall Ticket Number, Date of Birth, and Mobile Number before selecting the registration button.
The screen will prompt the candidate to enter the mobile number and password twice, after which a list of colleges and courses will appear on screen. One must exercise care while entering option numbers against each course and save the options periodically.After the option entry is complete one must remember to log out of the site and confirm it.
The candidate should also take a printout of the option form and keep it for future reference. If the candidate is approaching an cyber cafe , one must wait till the operator logs out and gives a printout of the option entry form so as to avoid any manipulations.Providing mobile number is mandatory, and in case the candidate does not have a mobile number, he or she must approach a helpline centre for assistance.
Helpline centres are the recourse for regeneration of password too when the candidate forgets the original password. After allotments are made, the candidate should pay the fee, obtain the challan and report at the college, he said.
