AP POLYCET Eligibility Criteria 2025: Reservation Criteria

Anukriti Dutta
Anukriti Dutta

Updated on - Oct 23, 2024

AP POLYCET Eligibility Criteria 2025 is decided by the State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET). The AP POLYCET eligibility criteria requires candidates to have qualifed SSC exam or an equivalent exam from a recognized board. There is no age limit for AP POLYCET exam. The eligibility criteria for AP POLYCET is detailed in the sections below.

Only candidates meeting the eligibility criteria set by the authorities can appear for the examination. Candidates should verify their eligibility before submitting their application form for the AP POLYCET Exam 2025. Candidates can check the article below to learn more about the eligibility criteria set by SBTET.

AP POLYCET Eligibility Criteria 2025

Candidates willing to appear for AP POLYCET are expected to meet the basic AP POLYCET eligibility criteria 2025 set by the exam conducting authorities. The eligibility criteria set by SBTET are mentioned below.

  • The candidates should be Indian citizens and have the required educational qualifications from Andhra Pradesh.
  • Candidates should have qualified SSC examination conducted by the State Board of Secondary Education of Andhra Pradesh. Students should have qualified for class 10 or any equivalent examination.
  • Students should have Maths as a compulsory subject and should have passed with a 35% aggregate.
  • Students belonging to other boards like the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Indian Council of Secondary Education (ICSE), National Institute of Open School (NIOS), Andhra Pradesh Open School Society (APOSS), and others are supposed to score an aggregate of 35% marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
  • Candidates who have already appeared for SSC and expecting their results or candidates who have applied to appear for SSC next year are also eligible for AP POLYCET 2025.
  • AP POLYCET does not have any age restrictions. Candidates opting for scholarships might have age constrain to receive the scholarship. The scholarships are given by the Social Welfare Department.
  • Candidates appearing and even qualifying for AP POLYCET in the merit list will not be eligible for admission if they do not meet up the basic AP POLYCET eligibility criteria 2025 mentioned above.

AP POLYCET Reservation Criteria 2025

AP POLYCET has different reservation criteria for different categories of people. The Andhra Pradesh government has scheduled different criteria for different categories. The reservation criteria are mentioned below.

General Reservation

The general reservation for AP POLYCET is given below.

General Reservation for AP POLYCET 2025
Category  Reservation
Open Competition 50%
Scheduled Caste 15%
Scheduled Tribe 6%
Backward Class 29%

Reservation for Residential Polytechnics for Girls

Reservation for Residential Polytechnics - Girls AP POLYCET 2025
Category  Reservation
Scheduled Caste 75%
Scheduled Tribe 5%
Backward Class 10%
Other Class 10%

Reservation for Residential Polytechnics for Boys

Reservation for Residential Polytechnics - Girls AP POLYCET 2025
Category  Reservation
Scheduled Caste 18%
Scheduled Tribe 75%
Backward Class 05%
Other Class 02%

Reservation for NCC Cadets

NCC Cadets get 1% of the reservation in general.

Reservation for Sports Cadets

Candidates eligible for sports quota are allotted 0.5% seats. Candidates eligible for the sports quota will ahve to produce their valid certificates recieved from state government or central government. Only candidates qualifying for events held by the government are valid.

Reservation for Physically Handicapped

The reservation for physically handicapped is only for certain hindrance. Candidates with life deaf and dumb, musculine dystrophy, blind, mental retardness are not considered for this reservation. The category that can be considered and their percentages are tabulated below.

Reservation for Physically Handicapped 
Category Reservation Percentile
Physically Handicapped 3 %
Visually Impaired 1 %
Hearing Impaired 1 %
Orthopedically Handicapped 1 %

Reservation of Children of Ex-Servicemen or Defense Personale and Border Security Force

Candidates should meet up certain criteria's to be eligible for this reservation. A few of the AP POLYCET Eligibility criteria 2025 are mentioned below.

  • Candidates whose parents residence is in Andhra Pradesh
  • Students who have their applications submitted by Zila Sainik Board or Sainik Welfare Board
  • The final decision will be by the A.P Sainik Board or the nominee
  • There will be 2% reservation for the candidates belonging to this category

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