KEAM Second Allotment : What is to be done?

The activities related to the second round of allotments to Professional Degree courses, Kerala will continue till 5 pm on 31.7.2009 (Friday) at www.cee.kerala.gov.in The options in the ‘Home Page’ of candidates at the closing time will be the basis of allotments/re-allotments in the second round to be announced on 4th August 2009.

Higher Options: The options left in the ‘Home Page’ of the candidates after the first allotment will be the Higher Options of the candidates for the second allotment. If a candidate had registered 100 options in the first round allotment and has been allotted the 51st option, options at position 1 to 50 will be the higher options of that candidate. If a candidate who has registered 100 options has not received any allotment in the first round, then all the 100 options in the Home Page of the candidate will be the Higher Options of that candidate.

If a candidate who has registered 100 options has been allotted the first option itself, there will be no higher options left for that candidate. The options from the allotted one to the last one registered will be in the deleted list.

What can be done with Higher Options?

There are different activities that the eligible candidates can carry out till the deadline on 31.7.2009 with the Higher Options.

(i) Delete all the Higher Options: If a candidate who has received an allotment in the first round is fully satisfied with that allotment and does not wish to have any further movements, he should cancel all the higher options in the Home Page. For this the candidate has to delete the priority number given against all the options, enter the number ‘0’ (Zero) in all the boxes and click the ‘UPDATE’ button to the right.

(ii) Delete some of the Higher Options: Candidate, who has received an allotment in the first round or has not received any allotment in the first round, if interested in cancelling some of the options in the Higher Options list, can do that. For this the candidate has to delete the priority number given against the options to be deleted, enter the number ‘0’ (Zero) in the box to the right of the options to be deleted and click the ‘UPDATE’ button to the right.

(iii) Rearrange the Higher Options: A candidate can change the priority of the Higher Options left. For this the candidate has to delete the existing priority number given against the option whose priority is to be changed, enter the new priority number in the box to the right of that option and click the ‘UPDATE’ button to the right.

(iv) Insert/Add New options to the Higher Options list: In the Medical and Engineering stream, there are a few new options included in the second round that were not there in the first round. A candidate interested in these options (some/all) can add them to the existing higher options list at the appropriate position ( it can be inserted/added at any point from 1 to the last available higher option) by entering the priority number for that option and clicking the ‘SAVE’ button to the right. Ensure that the existing priority numbers have changed as desired. A candidate who does not have any higher options left can also register these options.

Other conditions of allotment: Candidate who has an allotment in the first round, paid the fees, retains higher options but does not become eligible for a re-allotment in the second round, will retain the allotment received in the first round. Candidate, who has an allotment in the first round, paid fees and gets a re-allotment in the second round based on the Higher Options retained for the second round, will not be able to continue with the first allotment but will have to accept the re-allotment given in the second round.

Last allotment to Private Self Financing Engineering Colleges: The allotment to be announced on 4th August 2009 will be the last Government allotment to this category of colleges against Government seats. Candidates getting allotted/re-allotted to Private Self Financing Engineering Colleges in the second round will not have any higher options retained for the next allotment. If they do not join the college based on second allotment, the fee remitted by them will be refunded. However, they will be out of the allotment process.

Those who take admission in the Colleges concerned can cancel their admission till 14.08.2009 in which case, they will get the refund of fees remitted. However, candidates joining Private Self Financing Engineering Colleges, desirous of taking TC from the College after 14.8.09 will have to pay the entire fee for the course to obtain TC and other documents.

Print out: Candidates may take a printout of the higher options after the necessary changes are carried out to ensure that the options left for the second round are in the priority as desired. This can also be used for future reference.

Candidates may also go through the instructions given at www.cee.kerala.gov.in