KEAM 2011: After the Allotments
By Our Entrance Exam Expert
October 14, 2011: The Centralized Allotment to Professional Degree Courses, Kerala for 2011 has concluded with the 7th Allotment announced on 4th October 2011. As usual, the allotment process was filled with drama from the start itself. The number of allotments was not uniformly the same for all courses.
While MBBS in Government Medical Colleges continued till the penultimate round, allotments for MBBS to the Government seats in Private Self financing Medical Colleges were just two only.
The number of allotments to Government Controlled Self financing Medical colleges was three in number.
Government BDS had 5 rounds while Private self financing BDS had just two rounds. Even for the other medical courses, the number of allotments varied from course to course. BAMS too had limited number of allotments also.
On the Engineering side, allotments to 75 Private self financing Engineering colleges were limited to three. In the Government and Government Controlled Engineering Colleges, there were just 4 allotments.
The general feeling among the students community is that the number of allotments in 2011 was few when compared to the number of allotments in 2010, which seems to be genuine. In 2010 there were 8 rounds of allotments.
The delay in the publication of the Engineering Rank list as well as the delay in reaching an agreement between the Government and the Association of Managements of Private self financing engineering colleges were the main factors that delayed the engineering allotments. The delay in fixing the fee structure delayed the MBBS/BDS allotments. Although the challenge related to the new method of ranking in the engineering stream is still before the High Court, allotments were made based on court orders and also subject to the decision of the court on the matter.
Allocation of 30% seats in Government quota as Community quota seats was not generally welcomed, although the proposal took off.
Candidates with rank up to 605 got allotment for MBBS in State Merit in Government Medical Colleges on account of the rise in MBBS seats in Government Medical Colleges by 50 this year. In the Government Controlled Self financing Medical colleges, State Merit allotments went up to 879, while in the Government seats in Private Self financing Medical Colleges, the last State Merit allotment went to 1924. Although the introduction of the Community category seats in Private self financing colleges was seen as an exercise that would reduce the Mandatory seats, the effect was nullified as more seats were available for Government allotment this year due to the sanctioning of more seats in the approved colleges and also due the approval received for all colleges.
For the various courses in the Kerala Agricultural University, the last allotments under SM were as follows.
AA (Agriculture) -4941; AF (Fisheries) -5957; AV (Veterinary) -3258; FR (Forestry) -5497
For BH (Homoeo), the last SM allotment went to rank 5952.
For BSMS, offered only in one Private Self Financing College, the last SM allotment went to rank 7615.
For BAMS, in Govt/Aided Colleges, candidates with Ayurveda rank up to 3876 got allotment under State Merit. In the Private Self Financing Ayurveda Colleges, the last SM allotment went to Ayurveda rank 6514.
Mechanical Engineering was the branch in demand with the last allotment under State Merit to this branch in Govt/Aided section going to Rank 2962. For Industrial Engineering, a branch related to Mechanical, offered only in the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, the last SM allotment was to rank 4839. Electronics and Communication Engineering saw State Merit allotments up to rank 4913 and Electrical and Electronics, up to rank 4978 in Govt/Aided Engineering Colleges. For the other Branches, the last allotment under SM in Govt/Aided Engineering Colleges and KAU Colleges, were as follows.
CE-5224, MP-5471, CH-7596, CS-7833, PE-7856, AE-8161, IC-8838, DS-11859, AG-15252, IT-15358, FE-31553 (Self financing course)
In the Government seats in Government Controlled Self financing Engineering Colleges, the top three branches in terms of demand were Mechanical Automobile (MA), Mechanical Production (MP) and Mechanical (ME). While MA and MP are offered in one college each only, ME is offered in 7 colleges in this category. The last SM allotments for these three branches went to ranks 8375, 9308 and 9751 respectively. The last SM allotment in any branch in Government quota in this category of colleges went to rank 33426 (Polymer Engineering). Management seats in these colleges were also allotted by the CEE.
The last allotment ranks in State Merit (SM) and Management (MG) for the different branches in these colleges are as follows in the final phase of allotment.
MA-8375 (SM) -15663 (MG) ; MP- 9308-15543; ME-9751-27436 ; AE-10470-23837 ; BM-10844-34810 ; EC-19542-53718 ; EI-20878-53439 ; CE-21226-47586 BT-23706-55062; EE-25246-54525; PT-30391-48563; IT-31350-54617; CS-33061-55519; PO-33426-52706
For Architecture, the last allotment under State Merit in Govt/Aided Colleges was to rank 150 (Architecture rank).
The attention now will shift to the entrance of 2012. With the decision of the Medical Council of India to go ahead with the proposed NEET, the question before Medical aspirants in Kerala is about the fate of Kerala Entrance in Medical stream. The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations has already announced the dates of the Entrance Examinations of 2012. Whether the same is to continue or not is the big question.
In the Engineering side, the big question is whether the revised ranking procedure, the challenge on which is pending before the court, will continue or not. The adding of marks of the qualifying examination and the normalization of marks were much discussed after the engineering rank list was published. Whether the process will continue and if so whether there is going to be a change in the procedure etc are to be answered.
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