11,419 future teachers clear APEPDCET

Vijayawada: The results of the AP Education Common Entrance Test (APEDCET) 2019 were released on Friday. Addressing the media, Andhra Pradesh state council of higher education (APSCHE) chairman S Vijaya Raju said that 11,419 candidates have qualified of the 11,650 who had appeared for the

exam

in May.

While 14,019 students applied for the exam, 2,369 candidates did not turn up for the test held across 56 centres in the state. The test focuses on five subjects – maths, physical sciences, biological sciences, social studies and English. P Pallavi and S Bhudevi secured first and second ranks in maths.

In physical sciences, SV Sai Chandrika and S Gopal stood first and second respectively. P Maniteja and G Loknath Reddy secured first and second ranks in biological sciences while S Naga Sujatha and L Venkatesh came first and second in social studies. Similarly, S Hari Kumar and D Uma Shankar were the top two in English.

Raju said candidates can download their rank cards from May 18 from the APEDCET website and the counselling would begin in the first week of July.

While clearing APEDCET allows students to get into B.Ed courses, lack of candidates this year has left over 33,000 seats empty across 500 colleges.

The numbers can rise further if qualified candidates choose to take up other courses. There has been a trend of decreasing number of candidates taking up

BEd

courses in Andhra Pradesh which in turn has hit the educational institutions.