| Admission to Shillong Polytechnic |
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| Eligibility for admission |
To be eligible for admission a candidate shall have to fulfill the following conditions.
The candidate must have passed Secondary School leaving Certificate (10+) conducted by the Meghalaya Board of secondary Education or its equivalent conducted by a recognized Board/Council securing at least 45% in Mathematics relaxable to 40% for candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe communities of Meghalaya.
Students admitted after passing HSSLC Examination conducted by the Meghalaya Board of Secondary Education or any other equivalent Examination with Physics, chemistry and Mathematics and securing 50% marks in aggregate will be exempted from attending Engineering Science- I, engineering Science II and Applied mathematics I under Foundation course. The State council for Technical Education will decide on the grant of credit for the same to the student entering with higher qualification like 12+.
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| Age Limit |
Applicants should not be more than 21 years of age as on the first of July of the year of admission relaxable by 1 (one) year for candidates who have passed HSSLC (12+), or equivalent examination and 3 (three) years for candidates belonging to SC/ST. |
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| Medical Fitness |
A candidates should be physically fit and mentally sound and possess minimum standard height of 1.5 metre relaxable to 1.3 metres for Hill Tribes, weight 41 kg, Chest 72 cm with minimum expansion of 2.5 cm and free from physical handicap which might hamper efficient performance of students professional studies. Physical standard are relaxable in case of Girls candidates to a certain extent.
A candidate after being selected for admission should maintain Medical Fitness Certificate from the Medical Officer not below the rank of Assistant Civil surgeon (Grade -I) in the prescribed form. |
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| Residential eligibility |
(a) Candidates must be son or daughter of citizen of India as defined under Articles of the Constitution of India.
(b) Candidates must be permanent resident of Meghalaya.
(c) Candidates once admitted in the Polytechnic are not eligible to apply a fresh candidate in a subsequent year.
(d) Students who fail or discontinue in their courses of study may apply in plain paper to the Principal for consideration of admission against repeater’s quota.
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| Reservation of Seats |
Subject to satisfactory qualifying standard and other eligibility conditions, reservation of seats in the Polytechnic shall be as per policy of State Government and Central government in force from time to time for various categories of Castes and Tribes or under any other conditions of reservation policy of the State and Central Government.
The annual intake capacity in the Shillong Polytechnic is as follows
Civil Engineering - 60 seats.
Electrical Engineering - 30 seats.
Mechanical Engineering - 30 seats.
Electronics Engineering - 30 seats.
Computer Science - 30 seats.
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| How to apply |
All candidates are to collect the application form from the office of the Principal, Shillong Polytechnic in response to the advertisement for admission to the Polytechnic issued by the Director of Higher and Technical Education. The cost of application form is Rs.10.00. to be paid by the Crossed Indian Postal Order. Application form duly filled in to be submitted to the Principal of the Polytechnic within the prescribed date as given in the admission. Last date of admission to the Institute for an academic year is fixed by the Institute from time to time.
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| The form to be accompanied by |
(i) One recent Passport Size photograph of the candidate duly attested by a Gazette Officer and pasted on the form.
(ii) True copies of Mark Sheets of qualifying examination passed.
(iii) Documentary evidence of age (true copy of Admit Card of Certificate of Board/University.
(iv) Up to-date character certificate from the Head of the institution last attended.
(v) Certificate from the employer for the candidate already under employment.
(vi) Scheduled Tribe/ Caste
(vii) Certificate from the Deputy commissioner of the District in which the applicant resides.
(viii) Income Certificate of parents or guardian from the Head of Office in case of government employees, from Branch Manager in case of those under public undertaking or Private company and from Village Headman in case of others not covered under the above mentioned categories.
Original copies of Mark Sheets and Certificate to be produced at the time of Interview.
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| Interview |
Interview of candidates shall be held at Shillong Polytechnic on dates to be notified. A candidate is required to appear in the interview to be held at the Institute premises at his/her own expense on such date and time as fixed and notified. All the candidates including those who have been sponsored by other departments shall have to appear in the interview on the Date specified by the Institute.
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| Commencement of Session |
The academic session will commence annually on the month of August/September of every year. |
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