Polytechnic Admission in Engg. & Tech in West Bengal

Welcome to Diploma Admission in WB Section. Here you will find Diploma Admission in West Bengal 2021-22, Government Engineering Polytechnic Admission Procedure, Eligibility and Application Form.

Eligibility for Admission

Candidates who have passed Madhyamik (10+) Examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or any other equivalent examination from any board approved by the WBSCT&VE&SD are eligible for admission to the Part – I (1^st year) of any full-time Diploma Course (except Modern Office Practice & Management and Pharmacy).

Candidates who have passed (10+2) Vocational Examination from erstwhile “West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education & Training”, now “West Bengal State Council of Technical & Vocational Education & Skill Development (Vocational Education Division)” or having passed 2 years’ ITI (ITI trade must be of continuous 2 years duration) plus passed Madhyamik or equivalent examination, are eligible for admission to the Part – II (2^nd year ) of full-time Diploma Course in Engineering & Technology under Lateral Entry Scheme (except Modern Office Practice & Management and Pharmacy).

Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary (10 + 2) Examination of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or any other equivalent examination from any board/council approved by the WBSCT&VE&SD are eligible for admission to the Part – I of full-time Diploma Course in Modern Office Practice & Management.

Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary (10 + 2) Examination of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education in Science Stream with Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Mathematics, or any other qualification from any board approved by the Pharmacy Council of India and WBSCT&VE&SD as equivalent, are eligible for admission to the Part – I of full-time Diploma Course in Pharmacy.

Candidates must satisfy medical fitness prescribed below. Medical certificate(s) from registered medical practitioner(s) is / are to be produced by the candidate at the time of selection for the purpose.

Medical Fitness: Candidates seeking admission to the Courses under the WBSCT&VE&SD should possess good health and physique with sound mind. They should not be suffering from any disease, constitutional affection on body or mental infirmity.

Allowable Defects in Eyesight (a) Myopia or Myopic Astigmatism: Total strength of correcting lens not exceeding 3.5 Dioptre and acuteness of vision after correction (a) 6 / 9 in one eye & (b) 6 / 6 in another. (b) Hypermetropia not exceeding 14 Dioptre or Hypermetropic Astigmatism: Strength of correcting lens not exceeding 4 Dioptre and acuteness of vision after correction (a) 6 / 9 in one eye & (b) 6/6 in another. 3.6 Candidates must be citizens of India.

Duration of the Course

All Full-Time Diploma Courses is of three years duration except in Pharmacy, which is of two years duration.

(i) Each full-time Diploma Course other than Pharmacy shall consist of three parts, viz. Part – I, Part – II and Part – III. (ii) Pharmacy shall consist of two parts, viz. Part – I and Part – II.

Mode of Selection

100% allotted seats in Government / Government Sponsored Polytechnics and 75% allotted seats of Self-Financed Polytechnics shall be filled up on the basis of the merit list of “Joint Entrance Examination for Admission to State Polytechnics” conducted by the “WBSCT&VE&SD”, hereinafter referred to as ‘JEXPO’. Seats in Government / Government Sponsored Polytechnics are reserved for SC, ST & PC category candidates as per prevailing government norms.

remaining 25% allotted seats in Self-Financed Polytechnics shall be filled up through ‘Management Quota’ observing the eligibility criteria of the WBSCT&VE&SD.

Selection for admission to second year classes of full-time Courses under Lateral Entry Scheme will be made through an Entrance Examination (VOCLET) to be conducted by WBSCT&VE&SD.

Procedure of Admission:

The counselling procedure for admission and selection of candidates on the basis of the merit lists of successful candidates of JEXPO, VOCLET and other admissions will be decided by the WBSCT&VE&SD time to-time. The WBSCT&VE&SD shall publish the Merit Lists of all admissions suitably on the basis of the valid applications received.

Selection shall be made according to the merit position of the candidates in the merit lists followed by counselling. A candidate, whose name appears in both the merit list, can be selected to only one course on the basis of any one merit position, according to his / her choice.

Students shall be admitted to the full-time Diploma Courses mentioned in Regulation 1.0 after paying requisite amount of fees notified by the WBSCT&VE&SD.

The last date for taking admission to any full-time Diploma Course will be a date preferably not later than 30 working days of the commencement of the classes in that course. This last date for taking admission to any full-time Diploma Course may be extended by the WBSCT&VE&SD.

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List of Polytechnic colleges in West Bengal

1. Acharyya Prafulla Chandra Ray Polytechnic

2. Birla Institute of Technology

3. Camellia Institute of Technology

4. Central Calcutta Polytechnic

5. Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur Degree Engineering College

6. Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology (Diploma Pharmacy)

7. Jnan Chandra Ghosh Polytechnic

8. Kingston Polytechnic College

9. Netaji Subhash Engineering College

10. North Calcutta Polytechnic

11. Regional Institute of Printing Technology

12. South Calcutta Polytechnic

13. The Calcutta Technical School