TS DOST Eligibility Criteria 2024: Seat Allotment, Reservations

Hafsha Qureshi
Hafsha Qureshi

Updated on - Nov 22, 2023

TS DOST eligibility criteria 2024 will be set by the Telangana State Council of Higher Education. Candidates must ensure they are eligible to attend the TS DOST 2024 before applying for the exam.

In case of negligence of admission criteria during the application, it will result in disqualification. To know more about TS DOST 2024 eligibility criteria, read the article.

TS DOST Eligibility Criteria 2024 Highlights

TS DOST Eligibility Criteria 2024 will be decided by the counselling conducting committee. The counselling and seat allotment are conducted by the government of Telangana for the students willing to pursue their higher studies after the 12th.

Candidates who are willing to pursue undergraduate courses such as BA, BSc, BCom, BCom (Vocational), BCom (Hons), BSW, BBA, BBM, BCA, etc., from colleges affiliated with universities under TS DOST authority should take up this counselling to get admission with merit. Below are the criteria for attending the TS DOST 2024 counselling.

  • Candidates must be an Indian citizen. Students who have done their pre-university education outside India are not eligible to attend this counselling.
  • Candidates should have completed their 12th examination from BIETS (Board of Intermediate Education, Telangana State) or any other recognized boards.
  • For students who have qualified their boards from other than BIETS, CBSC, or ICSC, the management of the schools should make sure that the students submit the eligibility certificates provided by the BIETS.
  • The preference for admission is given to students who will qualify their intermediate examinations on the first attempt.
  • Candidates who have completed their diploma in engineering/non-engineering/technology courses recognized by the State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET), Telangana, are eligible for admission into the first year of all degree programs.

TS DOST Eligibility Criteria 2024 for Different Courses

TS DOST 2024 conducting authority have considered different TS DOST Eligibility Criteria 2024 for certain subjects, which are mentioned below.

  • Students who have completed intermediate (Vocational) Medical Lab Technology Course from the Board of Intermediate Education, Telangana State or any other state equivalent to it are qualified for admission into BA and B.Com courses only. Whereas, students who have a Bridge Course Certificate along with Intermediate (Vocational) Medical Lab Technology are permitted entry into B.Sc courses.
  • Students looking to pursue B.Sc courses should be qualified with at least 40% marks in the concerned science subject in the qualifying examination. 
  • Students from Arts and Commerce backgrounds are not eligible for B.Sc programs.
  • Students who have completed intermediate courses in Mathematics, Economics and Commerce can be considered for B.Sc Mathematics, Statics and Computer Science only.
  • Students willing to pursue BSW courses should have at least 40% marks in the intermediate course.

TS DOST 2024 Seat Reservation

Candidates belonging to different communities are given different considerations for seat allotment. There are different reservation guidelines for different communities. There are reservations for SCs, STs and BCs. To know more about the guidelines please go through the complete article.

  • SC (Scheduled Castes): Students belonging to this category get a reservation of 15% of seats in each course.
  • ST (Scheduled Tribes): Students belonging to this category get a reservation of 6% of seats in each course. 
  • BC (Backward Classes): Students belonging to this category get a reservation of 29% of seats in each course.

Each group secures a different percentage of seats as mentioned below.

Groups and their % under BC Category
Groups Percentage
Group A 7%
Group B 10%
Group C 1%
Group D 7%
Group E 4%
  • Students who belong to the above category should submit their nativity, community and birth certificates. 
  • Students from SC, ST and BC categories who received merit will not be given seats under their caste. They will be given seats from the general quota on the merit rank scored.
  • If there are no sufficient candidates to fill the seat from the ST category then the seats are given to candidates from the SC category. This procedure is followed and vice-versa also. In case both the category of students are not up to fill the seats, the students from the general category with merit will be given the seats.
  • In the case of BC categories too, if the students of Group A are not sufficient to fill the seats the Group B students get the chance. The same is followed in the case of Group C, Group D and Group E. This seating is completely on a merit basis. If students from none of the groups get to fill up the seat, candidates from the general category get the seats on a merit basis.

TS DOST 2024 Other Reservations

TS DOST 2024 holds reservations for specific other categories too. Students can get admission if they belong to any of the mentioned below category.

TS DOST 2024 Reservations for Other Categories
Category Reservation Percentage
Extra-curricular activities 1%
N.C.C. and A.C.C. 2%
Physically Handicapped 3%
Women 33 ⅓% in co-ed colleges
Children of Armed Personnel, Ex-Servicemen 3%

List of Boards Recognized Under TS DOST 2024

TS DOST 2024 will be officially accepted certain boards, students from which are eligible to attend the counselling. Students pursuing their intermediate course from any other board than those listed below will have to submit an eligibility certificate from the BIETS.

List of Boards Recognized Under TS DOST 2024
Sl. No Board Name
01 Andhra Pradesh Open School Society 
02 Assam Higher Secondary Education Council 
03 Assam Sanskrit Board
04 Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan 
05 Bihar Board Of Open Schooling & Examination
06 Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board 
07 Bihar School Examination Board
08 Bihar State Madrasa Education Board
09 Board Of Higher Secondary Examinations, Tamil Nadu
10 Board Of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh
11 Board Of Intermediate Education, Telangana
12 Board Of School Education, Haryana
13 Board Of School Education, Uttarakhand 
14 Board Of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh 
15 Board Of Secondary Education, Rajasthan
16 Central Board Of Secondary Education 
17 Chhatisgarh Board Of Secondary Education
18 Chhatisgarh Madrasa Board
19 Chhatisgarh Sanskrit Board, Raipur
20 Chhatisgarh State Open School
21 Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
22 Council Of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur 
23 Council Of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha
24 Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) 
25 Goa Board Of Secondary And Higher Secondary Education 
26 Govt. Of Karnataka Dept. Of Pre-University Education 
27 Gujarat Secondary And Higher Secondary Education Board
28 Himachal Pradesh Board Of School Education
29 Jammu And Kashmir State Board Of School Education 
30 Jharkhand Academic Council, Ranchi 
31 Kerala Board Of Higher Secondary Education
32 Madhya Pradesh State Open School 
33 Maharashtra State Board Of Secondary And Higher Secondary Education 
34 Maharishi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 
35 Meghalaya Board Of School Education
36 Mizoram Board Of School Education
37 Nagaland Board Of School Education 
38 National Institute Of Open Schooling
39 Punjab School Education Board
40 Rajasthan State Open School, Jaipur
41 Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi
42 Tripura Board Of Secondary Education
43 Uttar Pradesh Board Of High School & Intermediate Education
44 Uttar Pradesh Sec. Sanskrit Education Council 
45 West Bengal Board Of Madrasah Education 
46 West Bengal Council Of Higher Secondary Education 
47 West Bengal Council Of Rabindra Open Schooling
48 International Baccalaureate
49 Bhutan Council For School Examinations & Assessment 
50 Cambridge International Examinations, UK
51 Edexcel, London
52 Higher Secondary Education Board, Nepal
53 Inter Board Committee Of Chairmen(IBCC), Islamabad
54 Mauritius Examination Syndicate 
55 The Aga Khan University Examination Board, Karachi 
56 Telangana Open School Society
57 RGUKT, Basar (IIIT)
58 Pre Degree Course

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