Post Graduate Degree Courses in Nursing (MSc Nursing) 2009-10

M.Sc. Nursing Entrance Examination 2009

1. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, KERALA invites Applications for the Entrance Examination for admission to Post Graduate Degree Courses in Nursing (MSc Nursing) 2009-10 in the Nursing Colleges at Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam and Kozhikode in the following Specialties.

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[i] Medical Surgical Nursing
[ii] Community Health Nursing
[iii] Child Health Nursing
[iv] Obstetrics & Gynaecology Nursing
[v] Mental Health Nursing

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2. Eligibility for Admission :
(i) Nativity :
Applicant should be an Indian citizen of Kerala Origin.

(ii) Academic qualifications :
Bachelors Degree in Nursing of Kerala, Calicut, Kannur or Mahatma Gandhi University or Degree recognized by them as equivalent from any other University. Candidates who have passed the post basic BSc Nursing (Regular Course) or equivalent after acquiring the General Nursing and Midwifery Course are also eligible to apply.

(iii) Experience :
Candidate should have one year experience as on the last date of submission of Application form, in any hospital with an average strength of 100 inpatients or in a School of Nursing or in a Community Health Nursing Programme or internment after Registration with the State Nursing Council.

However, the students of BSc Nursing 2003 admission batch, who have undergone compulsory internship in Government Medical Colleges/other institutions approved by the Government, will be considered for admission to the MSc Nursing Course, even if they have not completed one year internship on the last date of submission of application. However, they should have completed internship on or before 15th June 2009. Applicants shall have obtained registration with Kerala Nursing Council at the time of Counseling.

Note:
[a] The experience acquired by candidates after registration from Nursing Councils outside Kerala, after getting B Sc Nursing Degree will also be counted for experience.

[b] The period undergone by a candidate for completing the Post Basic Nursing Course will not be reckoned as work experience.

3. Selection of Candidates : Selection of Candidates except for 'Service Quota' will be made on the basis of an Entrance Examination to be conducted by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE), at Thiruvananthapuram on 19.07.2009 (Sunday). The Entrance examination will be of 3 hours duration with 200 Multiple Choice Questions.

4. Application forms: Application forms are different for General/Service candidates and for candidates belonging to SC/ST. The format of the Application and Prospectus will be available at the official website of the CEE, "cee-kerala.org" from 01.06.2009 (Monday) onwards. The candidate, seeking admission to the course through the entrance examination, can apply in the specific format along with the documents prescribed in the Prospectus and a fee of Rs.800/- (for general candidates) / Rs.400/- (for SC/ST candidates) drawn in favour of Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, payable at Thiruvananthapuram in any branch of SBT using the chalan provided along with the down loaded application form. The original chalan receipt should be attached with the application form. The candidates of Kerala origin who reside outside the state can apply in the downloaded application form along with the Demand Draft for Rs. 800/- (General candidates) and Rs. 400/- (SC/ST candidates) drawn from a Nationalised Bank in favour of the Commissioner for Entrance Examination payable at Thiruvananthapuram. The application form and prospectus will not be available from Medical Colleges or from the office of Director of Medical Education or from the office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations. Application fee once remitted will not be refunded on any account.

Service candidates who wish to be considered for the General merit quota seats can appear for the Entrance Examination. They should forward the application to the CEE as in the case of General candidates, but through their Controlling Officer/Head of the Department on or before 25.06.2009 (Thursday). However they should send a copy of the Application form to the controlling officer concerned, if they are to be considered for service quota also along with necessary fee, as applicable in both the applications as specified.

Service candidates claiming Lecturer quota seats need not appear for the Entrance Examination. They should submit the application in the format available at the web site ~cee-kerala.org' to the Director of Medical Education/Director of Health Services before the stipulated date. They should remit the application fee of Rs.800/- (for general) and Rs.400/- (for SC/ST candidates) by chalan in the Treasury under the head of account 0210-03-105-29' and the chalan receipt should be attached along with the application form.

5. Last date and time for receipt of filled-in application forms : Completed application with all the documents specified in the Prospectus and experience certificate, should be forwarded to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Housing Board Buildings, 5th Floor, Santhinagar, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 001, either by Registered post/Speed post or hand delivery so as to reach him before 5 pm on 25.06.2009 (Thursday). Candidates applying under Service quota should send their applications and all required documents specified in the prospectus to the Director of Medical Education/ Director of Health Services, Thiruvananthapuram, so as to reach him/her before 5 pm on 25.06.2009. Candidates applying for admission under Service quota seats only, need not submit their applications to the CEE. Late applications including those brought after 5 PM on 25.06.2009 will not be accepted. The CEE or the other officers will not be responsible for any postal delay.

6. Candidates will be allowed neither to include any information in the application form nor to submit any certificates / documents claiming reservation or any benefits, after the submission of the application, under any circumstances.

7. Candidates must note that they have to obtain the required certificates in the body of the application form itself, wherever specified. The certificates that are attached separately in the application form, for such cases, will not be considered.

8. Belated, incomplete, defective and wrongly addressed applications will be summarily rejected and no correspondence will be undertaken in this regard.


9. The CEE will conduct the Entrance Examination, publish the Rank list of all candidates admitted for the Entrance Examination and forward the same to the Director of Medical Education.


10. The selection, admission and allotment of seats including those under Lecturer Quota will be made by the Director of Medical Education, based on various provisions laid down in the prospectus, approved by the Government.

11. Candidates should go through the Prospectus, approved by the Government and which is made available in the web site 'cee-kerala.org', before submitting their applications.