Section 4 in Andhra Pradesh Elementary Teacher Training Institutions/District Institutes of Education and Training (Regulation of Admissions into Diploma in Education course through Common Entrance Test) Rules, 2007
4. Eligibility criteria for Admission.
- The eligibility criteria for admission into Diploma in Education courses shall be as mentioned below;(i)Candidate should be of Indian Nationality.(ii)The candidates should satisfy local / non-local status requirements as laid down in the Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission) Order, 1974 as subsequently amended.(iii)Candidates should have obtained a rank in DIET CET conducted for the Academic year concerned and should satisfy the eligibility criteria prescribed(iv)Age Limit. - The candidates should have completed 17 years and should not have completed 25 years of age as on the 1st of September, of the year of admission. However, the upper age limit in the case of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe candidates and Physically challenged is 28 years.(v)Educational Qualifications. - (a) The candidates who have passed or appeared for the 10 + 2 Examination (Qualifying exam) or it's equivalent as decided by the Entrance Test Committee are eligible to appear for the entrance test. But they should have passed the qualifying examination at the time of admission.(b)The Candidates should have secured at least 50% of marks in the aggregate in the qualifying examination. The minimum percentage of marks in the case of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe and Physically challenged candidates shall however, be 40%. The candidates who passed Intermediate Examination with vocational courses are not eligible for appearing.(vi)Candidates belonging to "OC" and "BC" communities shall secure at least 35% marks (35/100) in DIET CET for assigning merit Rank in the CET or as per scheme of entrance test prescribed by Government from time to time to become eligible for admission. However there shall be no minimum qualifying marks in respect of SC/ST candidates for allotment of seats reserved under the respective categories.(vii)The candidates who studied SSC/ Intermediate in the medium concerned (Telugu, Urdu, English or Tamil) or who studied Telugu or Urdu or Tamil as I language in SSC or its equivalent or who studied as one of the above languages in Part II in Intermediate Exam are alone eligible for admission of the seats in concerned medium viz. Telugu/Urdu/English/ Tamil offered by the institution concerned.
