Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister and education minister Kadiyam Srihari on Monday announced  fresh dates for Eamcet — May 15 — and TET — May 22. He said that the Telangana government would take a decision on the medical stream entrance exam depending on the Supreme Court decision on Neet.

However, Higher Education department officials sought to put to an end any confusion that might arise among the students’ fraternity. TSCHE chairman N. Papi Reddy said that both engineering and medical exams would be held as scheduled on May 15.

“Like AP Eamcet that was held on April 29, TS will conduct the engineering exam in the morning (10 am to 1 pm) and medical exam in the afternoon (2.30 pm to 5.30 pm). If the apex court gives an order that all medical admissions should be taken up based on Neet, the afternoon exam on May 15 will be useful for filling agriculture, pharmacy, veterinary and horticulture seats in various colleges in the state,” he said, adding there was no question of cancelling the medical test totally.
Eamcet hall-tickets can be downloaded from May 12 onwards and the results will be declared on May 27. Counselling will be held in June and engineering classes are set to begin from July first week.

Meanwhile, the TET (Teacher Eligibility Test) will be held on May 22. Candidates can download hall-tickets from May 13. Both entrance exams will be hold only in government institutions in view of the private colleges? stir opposing vigilance inspections.

Holding Eamcet will not go waste, says Telangana minister

The Telangana government has rushed additional advocate general J. Ramachandra Rao to New Delhi to be present in Supreme Court on Tuesday, when the Neet case comes up for hearing.

The government has already filed a review petition in SC against Neet.
Health minister C. Laxma Reddy held a meeting with senior officials of the Medical Education department on Monday at the Secretariat to decide the future course of action on NEET.

“There is no question of cancelling the Eamcet medical exam. It will be held as usual. We will wait for the final outcome of the case in Supreme Court since several review petitions have been filed against Neet,” Mr Reddy said.

Officials informed the minister that there was no loss in holding the Eamcet medical entrance test even if the SC ruled in favour of Neet since the Eamcet scores could be considered to fill seats in agriculture, veterinary, nursing colleges etc.