Prof. degree classes from August 13

They never cease to spring embarrassing surprises. The Commissioner of Entrance Examinations has advanced the dates for starting classes to professional degree courses to August 13 from August 17, the date declared earlier. The site of Kerala Entrance Examination began to display the announcement after much delay at around 8.30 pm, that too in a very casual manner, never seriously caring to inform the students visiting the site, about the very important announcement.

The detailed announcement declaring the change appeared in a Malayalam online press release on the Kerala Government website http://www.kerala.gov.in/ in the evening itself.

The Joint Commissioner said there was no change in dates of all other processes– extended fee payment to August 9 joining dates on August 10, 11, 12 and cancellation of allotment without a candidate losing fees in private self-financing colleges on August 14. He said the change in the start of classes has been effected to let minority students apply for their central scholarship, the deadline of which is August 15, according to the information received over phone. They can apply for the scholarship only after the start of the classes and to facilitate this, the deadline was advanced, he said.

According to the Malayalam press release on the Kerala Government website, the college authorities running Engineering/Agriculture/Ayurveda/Homoeo/Sidha courses should treat the press release as an official communiqué from the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations and take the steps to start classes on August 13. The classes for MBBS/BDS courses had already been started on August 3, it added.