Paramedical Courses in Tamil Nadu – Counselling Eligibility Criteria

ELIGIBILITY:- Paramedical Courses in Tamil Nadu

The candidate should be a citizen of India and Native of Tamil Nadu.

NATIVITY:-

1. Candidates belonging to other States cannot claim nativity of Tamil Nadu.
2. Candidates who are Native of Tamil Nadu and who have studied 6TH standard to 12TH standard in schools of Tamil Nadu need not submit their “Nativity Certificate”.
3. Permanent Residence Certificate in Lieu of Nativity Certificate will not be accepted.
4. Candidates who are Native of Tamil Nadu, but studied from 6th Standard to 12th standard either partly or completely in one or more states should produce their Nativity Certificate issued by the competent authority and true copies of their parent’s certificates such as SSLC /10th Mark Sheet,12th Mark Sheet,Transfer Certificate, Aadhar, Voter’s ID, Driving License, Passport and Ration Card to substantiate their place of birth in Tamil Nadu, to ensure the relationship between the parent and candidate. If the true copies of the supporting document is not produced, then the application will be summarily rejected.
5. Candidates who are native of Tamil Nadu alone will be considered for communal reservation.
6. Other State candidates who are not native of Tamil Nadu but who have Studied 6th standard to 12th standard in Tamil Nadu will be treated as OC (Open Competitioner) candidate.

AGE LIMIT :–  Candidates should have completed 17 years of age as on 31st December 2021. (Those who were born few days later can also be included, i.e. maximum 15 days).

FOR B.Sc., (NURSING) COURSE:- Candidates belonging to OC / BC / BCM / MBC/DNC should not have completed 30 years as on 31st December 2021. For SC / SCA / ST candidates should not have completed 35 years as on 31st December 2021.

For B.ASLP:- Candidates shall not exceed more than 25 years as on the 1st July of 2021 B.ASLP.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: –

Candidates should have passed in all the subjects of the qualifying Examination of the Higher Secondary Course conducted by the Tamil Nadu State Board or any other Equivalent Board in the following group of subjects with minimum eligible marks.

(a) Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology.

(b) Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics with any other subject.

MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY MARKS: –

i. B.Pharm. /B.ASLP Courses

For OC / BC / BCM / MBC / DNC Candidates : –  Passed in Higher Secondary Course with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Botany and Zoology or Mathematics not less than 40 % aggregate marks.

For SC / SCA / ST Candidates: – Passed in Higher Secondary Course with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Botany and Zoology (or) Mathematics.

ii. B.Sc. Nursing Course:

For OC / BC / BCM / MBC / DNC Candidates : – Passed in Higher Secondary Course with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Botany and Zoology with not less than 45% aggregate marks.

For SC / SCA / ST Candidates: – Passed in Higher Secondary Course with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Botany and Zoology with not less than 40 % aggregate marks.

iii. B. Optom. Course:

Passed in Higher Secondary Course with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Botany and Zoology or Mathematics.

iv. B.P.T /B.Sc.Radiography & Imaging Technology / B.Sc. Radio – Therapy Technology / B.Sc. Cardio Pulmonary Perfusion Technology / B.Sc Medical Laboratory Technology / B.Sc Operation Theatre & Anaesthesia Technology / B.Sc Cardiac Technology / B.Sc Critical Care Technology /B.Sc Physician Assistant / B.Sc Accident & Emergency Care Technology / B.Sc Respiratory Therapy / B.O.T/ B.Sc Dialysis Technician / B.Sc.Neuro Electro Physiology / B.Sc. Clinical Nutrition courses.

All Categories: Passed in Higher Secondary Course with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Botany and Zoology.

NOTE: –

• Candidates who have passed any other equivalent examinations with same group of subjects mentioned above should produce the eligibility certificate from the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University before admission to the course.
• In the case of candidates who have furnished the mark sheets of the qualifying examination, only in GRADES, the minimum marks of the grades alone will be taken into consideration while determining the marks in the select Science subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Botany and Zoology.
• Candidates who have submitted mark sheets with GRADES should obtain the statement of marks indicating the actual marks secured from the examination authority and attach a certified copy as an enclosure to the online application.
• Normalization method will be adopted for calculating the minimum eligibility mark for the candidates who have passed any other equivalent examination.

VOCATIONAL STREAM / PRIVATE CANDIDATES:- Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary Course in vocational stream / as private candidates are not eligible to apply to Paramedical Degree Courses.

Normalization of Marks:-

Explanation:- Under the method of normalization, the highest mark obtained by the students of various Boards in each subject will be equated to the highest mark obtained by the students of State Board in that subject and the relative marks obtained by other students in that subject will be determined accordingly.

Illustration:-
i. If the highest marks secured by the student of State Board in Physics is 100 and the highest mark secured by a student of any other Board in the same subject is 90, both the highest marks will be considered to be equal to 100. If a student of the other Board secures 60 marks in Physics when the first mark in Physics in the same Board is 90, then 60 marks will be considered to be equal to 66.66
marks as arrived at below:-

100 x 60
————— = 66.66%
90

ii. After normalization of marks in the relevant subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by different Boards, the qualified students of different Boards will be merged into a common merit list.