The following is what Kerala medical, engineering entance prospectus tells on educational qualifications for appearing for the Kerala entrance. For all details visit http://www.cee-kerala.org/engmed/2010/apl_sale/enoti.pdf
Educational Qualifications
Medical/Agriculture/Veterinary Courses : Candidates should have passed the Higher
Secondary Examination or examination recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology, and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together. Those who wish to take admission to MBBS/BDS courses should acquire 50% marks in the Medical Entrance Examination (As per the guidelines issued by Medical Council of India).
Candidates seeking admission to BVSc. & AH course under the Kerala Agricultural
University, in addition to the qualification prescribed above, should have passed the
qualifying examination with 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English put
together (as per the regulation of Veterinary Council of India).
(ii) Eligibility of BSc. Degree holders: Those who apply based on their BSc. Degree, for
admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BSMS Courses, should have obtained their BSc.
Degree with one of the subjects, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Bio-Chemistry as
Main, and any one or two of these subjects as subsidiaries, with 50% marks for Main and
Subsidiaries taken together, provided they have passed the Higher Secondary or equivalent examination, with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as optional subjects.
(iii) Engineering Courses: Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala or examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Mathematics
separately, and 50% marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry/Bio-technology/
Computer Science/Biology put together are eligible for admission. Candidates having Three year Diploma in Engineering awarded by the Board of Technical Examinations, Kerala or equivalent, having 50% marks in the final Diploma examination, are also eligible for admission. However, these Diploma holders are not eligible for admission to the
Engineering courses offered by Kerala Agricultural University.
(iv) Architecture Course : Candidates who have passed 10+2 Senior Secondary School
Certificate Examination or examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with
Mathematics as a subject of examination, with 50% marks in aggregate / Candidates who
have passed 10+3 Diploma (any stream) recognised by Central/State Governments with 50% aggregate marks / Candidates with International Baccalaureate Diploma, after 10 years of schooling, with not less than 50% marks in aggregate and with Mathematics as compulsory subject of examination are eligible to apply. In addition, candidates will have to score 40% marks (80 marks out of 200) in the NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture). Reserved category (SC/ST/SEBC) candidates should also have obtained 40% marks in NATA, as per guidelines of Council of Architecture. (For details, visit www.nata.in).
(C) Relaxation in marks in the Qualifying Examination : For all courses, a relaxation of 5%
marks in the qualifying examination will be allowed to those candidates who belong to the
communities listed under the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) and whose annual family income is up to Rs. 4.5 lakhs (Rupees Four Lakhs and Fifty Thousand only). SC/ST candidates need only a pass in the qualifying examination. But candidates belonging to SEBC categories, seeking admission to MBBS/BDS courses, need 45% marks in Biology and 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together, in the qualifying examination and 40% marks in Medical Entrance Examination. Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories need 40% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together in the qualifying examination and 40% marks in the Entrance Examination for seeking admission to MBBS/BDS Courses. Candidates with Locomotory Disability between 40% and 70% need only 45% marks for Biology and 45% marks for Biology, Physics and Chemistry taken together as academic eligibility for MBBS course. They need only 45% marks in the Entrance Examination to qualify for MBBS course.
(D) Candidates who have appeared/are appearing for Qualifying Examinations: Candidates
who have not passed the qualifying examination but have appeared/are appearing for the
Higher Secondary or equivalent examination or the three-year Engineering Diploma
Examination of this academic year, will also be permitted to take the Entrance
Examination(s) provisionally. But, such candidates should prove their academic eligibility
on the date of admission. Candidates applying for Medical courses based on BSc. Degree,
should have passed the Degree Examination at the time of submission of application.