Introduction to Centac 2023 – 2024
All Government Quota seats in private and unaided professional colleges, including the minority colleges will be filled through CENTAC counseling admission and will be as per the law or the order of the government of Pondicherry. The details regarding the number of seats in respective colleges will be available at the time of counseling. Candidate admission counseling order will be based on the performance of the candidate in the higher secondary or equivalent board examination. Only candidates who have applied for the CENTAC counseling will be eligible to attend the counseling and pick the college and course of their choice subject to the availability of the seats.
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates should have passed the Higher Secondary Academic examination conducted by the Board of Higher Secondary Examination of Tamil Nadu or other equivalent examinations. A minimum of 45% marks for general and 40 % from OBC / MBC / BCM / EBC / BT / SC candidates is required. Also, the candidate should have done the prescribed subjects, of mathematics, physics, and one of the following optional subjects, Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology ( Botany and Zoology) for the candidates of Tamil Nadu. Candidates belonging to other states will need JEE main score for admission.
Guide to Determine the Merit Score
Admission is based on the marks secured by a candidate in the prescribed subjects of the qualifying examination (i.e. for H.Sc. Academic: Mathematics, Physics and any one of the optional subjects (Chemistry / Bio-Technology / Computer Sciences / Biology / Botany & Zoology) & for H.Sc. Vocational: Vocational Subject Theory, Vocational Subject Practical, and a related Subject) and normalizing them by the prescribed procedure.
Equal weightage will be given to all three prescribed subjects. In case a candidate has appeared in more than any one of the above prescribed optional subjects, the subject in which the candidate has obtained the highest marks will be taken into consideration for “Normalization” and for calculating the actual total marks in the prescribed subjects. Wherever separate marks for practicals are awarded, the same will be considered along with the respective subjects, for arriving at the total actual marks.
Documents to be attached
Candidates have to attach the following documents with the printout of the application form:
- 10th or equivalent exam mark sheet
- 12th or equivalent exam mark sheet
- Age proof (Birth Certificate or SSLC mark sheet
- Copy of Online Payment
- Nationality Certificate
- Residence Certificate
- Permanent Integrated Certificate
- Special Category Certificate (if applicable)
- Community Certificate (if applicable)
- Nativity Certificate (if applicable)
Guide to fill the Application form
Starting with the registration process, candidates will also have to fill in their personal and academic details in the CENTAC application form. All information must be correct and failing to do so will lead to the rejection of the application. Candidates can follow the below-mentioned steps while filling out their application form of CENTAC.
- Step 1 – Registration
- Step 2 – Payment of Application Fee
- Step 3 – Filling CENTAC Application Form 2019
- Step 4 – Uploading Photograph
- Step 5 – CENTAC 2019 Application Submission
Guide for priority in case of same merit score
When more than one candidate has the same marks in the common merit list (i.e. the merit list prepared after merging the normalized marks of candidates from various Boards), the merit among such candidates, for each course will be determined in the order of priority as specified by CENTAC and will be prioritized as below:
- Percentage of actual marks in Mathematics
- Percentage of actual marks in Physics
- Percentage of actual marks in the third optional (specified) subject
- Total marks of all eligible subjects prescribed for the course
- Date of Birth (Earlier born)
- Random number assigned
- Sports Certificate (if applicable)
