TS EAMCET results announced, no female candidates among top 10

Hyderabad: Telangana State Education Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy declared the results of the Telangana State Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET) 2020 on Tuesday, where over 75 percent of the candidates who appeared in the exam for the engineering stream have qualified.

As per the official data, of the total 1,19,183 aspirants for admissions to engineering courses who sat in the exam, 89,739 have qualified, for a pass percentage of 75.29%.

In the EAMCET (Engineering stream) exam results released on Tuesday, V Sai Teja bagged the first position with 147.29 EAMCET marks and a combined score of 93.37. K Yeshwanth Sai and T Venkata Krishna secured the second and third positions, respectively. The ranks are decided by adding the marks obtained by candidates in Class 12 board exams and the entrance test. The board exams are given 25 percent weightage and 72 percent weightage is given to the entrance test. However, no female candidate made it to the top 10 list this year.

Meanwhile, the authorities have also announced an admission counselling schedule for EAMCET. Candidates can book slots online from October 9 to 12. The verification of candidates' documents will be undertaken from October 12 to 18. Payment of tuition fees, self-reporting through the website, and reporting at the allotted Colleges will be conducted in the final phase from November 2 to November 5.

The EAMCET convener has also announced that students who could not write the test last month due to COVID-19, will get an opportunity to write the exam. Candidates who had tested corona positive between August 17 and September 14 will be eligible for a special test to be held on October 8.

Candidates can visit the official website, eamcet.tsche.ae.in, to check their results. Authorities have said that the results for the Agriculture and Medicine stream will be released next week.