The exams will be held from May 7 to 11.
Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) Chairman Prof R Limbadri said today that more than 3.54 lakh students had registered for the TS EAPCET 2024 examination.
Speaking to the media at JNTU on Monday, Limbadri said, "This year, a total of 2,54,543 students have applied for engineering, while a total of 1,00,260 have applied for agriculture and pharma. The number of candidates joining engineering has been increasing significantly in the last few years. 20 more centres have been set up this time compared to the previous year."
He added that the exams would be held from May 7 to 11, and that all arrangements in this regard were being made.
"The identification of candidates will be through facial recognition this year," Limbadri said. He also said that water bottles and electronic gadgets would not be allowed in the examination centres, and also advised students not to wear things like gourds.
"Students have to follow the rules strictly. They will be allowed to enter the examination centres 90 minutes in advance," Limbadri said.
He added that if another exam was to be written at the same time, those students needed to make an appeal first and give prior information. Accordingly, officials would make special arrangements for the exam to be conducted on a date convenient for them, he said.
Dean Kumar, Convener of EAPSET, said that a total of 3,54,803 applications had been received, and that the examination was being conducted in 21 zones, of which 16 zones were in Telangana and 5 were in Andhra Pradesh.
Officials said that there would be 166 centres for engineering, and 135 for agriculture and pharma. Students are being advised to reach the centre at least 20 minutes in advance.
As the time of the notification 10 years had not been completed since bifurcation, and so, as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, and admissions will be provided to Andhra Pradesh students this year, too.
"Compared to last year, applications for engineering from AP have decreased by 2,000," Limbadri said.