NCHMCT JEE Eligibility
National Council of Hotel Management and Catering Technology Joint Entrance Examination or NCHMCT JEE is one of the most important national-level entrance exams in India, that is held to offer hospitality and hotel administration programmes. The basic eligibility for this exam is clearing the 10 + 2 or any equivalent examination. With over 11,000 seats available in 71 participating institutes, the NCHMCT exam is crucial for hospitality aspirants and their future ambitions.
This article specifically emphasizes on the core eligibility guidelines which are required for the registration of NCHMCT JEE 2020 exam. As the exam is concerned with hospitality and hotel administration courses, it becomes quite crucial for the students to have decent command over the English language. While this may not be mentioned specifically in the eligibility criteria, aspirants with decent English language skills would certainly hold an upper hand in this highly competitive exam.
The NCHMCT JEE exam 2020 is specifically concerned with the BSc.HHA (Hospitality and Hotel Administration) course. Hence, students must have completed their 10 + 2 from a recognized board. It is also mandatory for the students to have English as a main subject. Students from any stream (Science, Commerce or Humanities) may apply for the exam.
Following is the age limit for various categories of candidates applying for the NCHMCT JEE 2020 exam.
Category | Age Limit |
General and Other Backward Classes | The candidate must be 25 years old or younger as on 1 July 2020. Candidates born after 1 July 1995 are eligible to apply for the NCHMCT JEE exam 2020. |
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe | The candidate must be 25 years old or younger as on 1 July 2020. Candidates born after 1 July 1995 are eligible to apply for the NCHMCT JEE exam 2020. |
Differently-abled person | The upper age limit will be decided as per the caste category of the respective person. |
Note – The date of birth mentioned in the senior secondary board certificate would be accepted. If the candidate fails to submit the pre-requisites at the time of admission or counselling, he/she would be considered ineligible for the same.
Category | Reservation |
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | Scheduled Caste – 15% reserved seats, Scheduled Tribe- 7.5% reserved seats (Reservation certificate accepted by central and state government institutes. Reserved seats available in these categories must not be occupied by other categories. |
Other Backward Class | OBC (with Non Creamy layer certificate) – 27% reservation in central institutes of hotel management. OBC category aspirants with creamy layer certificates would not be eligible for the reservation. The vacant seats left will be made available for the general category candidates (as per the orders of Supreme Court of India). |
Differently-abled people | 5% reserved seats allotted in each category. The governing body of the exam also states that people with disabilities like visual, dyslexia, speech or hearing would be benefitted only if the physical impairment is more than 40%. |
Reservation for Kashmiri migrants | 1 seat each reserved for various categories (General,OBC (Non creamy layer), SC, ST) under central and state government validated IHM institution. |
The governing body of the NCHMCT JEE 20202 would only accept the caste certificate issued by the competent government authority. Thus, following is a list of certificates which are accepted for reservation in NCHMCT JEE exam.
Events | Date |
Application process started from | 1st January 2020 |
Deadline for the application | 30th April 2020 |
Last date for submitting application fee (credit or debit card) | 30th April 2020 |
NCHMCT JEE exam date | 3rd week of May (expected) (will be confirmed soon) |
NCHMCT JEE result date | 1st Week of June (expected) (will be confirmed soon) |
There are 15% seats available for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste(SC) category and 7.5% seats are allotted to the ones belonging to the Scheduled Tribe(ST) category. Reservation certificate for these categories is accepted in central and state government institutes.
The upper age limit for the NCHMCT jee exam 2020 varies for different categories. For aspirants belonging to the general and OBC categories, the upper age limit is 25 years. The upper age limit for the SC/ST candidates is 28 years. For differently-abled candidates, age relaxation would be reckoned according to the category.
No, there is no reservation of seats for the OBC candidates possessing creamy layer certificate. Although, OBC candidates with Non creamy layer certificate do get almost 27% reservation of seats.
Yes, provided the board of the qualifying exam is recognized by the governing body of the NCHMCT JEE 2020 exam. Also, the candidate must have passed the qualifying exam with 5 main subjects (English included).
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