Unlike many of the common entrance test (CETs), boys in Polycet too secured seven of the top ten ranks including the first and second ranks in TS Polycet. The overall pass percentage in TS is 72.88pc. This year, T govt made the minimum qualifying marks to 30 percent of the total marks, which were 36 marks out of 120.
G Tarun Srinivas from Hyderabad bagged the State first rank with 114 marks, followed by E Dheeraj Kumar Reddy of Ranga Reddy district got second with the same score. However, girls have again outperformed the boys in overall pass percentage in the Polycet.
This year, the girls achieved 76.49pc while boys managed to make it to 71.29 pass percentage. Out of the 94,780 candidates who have appeared for the test, a total of 69,074 s have qualified to take admission in polytechnic courses in Telangana.
According to reports, admission process would begin on June 26 and will conclude on July 1. Qualified candidates can choose their options from June 28 to July 4. On July 7, seats will be allotted to the eligible students and classes will commence on July 15, the minister said. There are 60,890 polytechnic seats available for students in 237 colleges across Telangana, out of which 51 are government colleges.