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AP to hold 1st-ever nursing CET for 13,710 BSc seats, exam on July 6
Vijayawada: Dr NTR University of Health Sciences vice chancellor Dr P Chandra Sekhar said that the govt, for the first time, will conduct the AP Nursing Common Entrance Test (APNCET) 2025 for admissions to fill about 13,710 seats in the four-year BSc Nursing undergraduate course at govt and private nursing colleges from the forthcoming academic year in the state.
Thexe VC said that the university has issued a notification for the entrance examination scheduled to be held on July 6. He mentioned that so far, around 6,000 applications have been received from students, and the deadline for students to submit their applications is 6 pm on June 20.
Dr Chandra Sekhar said the state govt proposed to hold the common entrance test for admissions into BSc (Nursing) from the 2025-26 academic year as per the revised INC regulations 2020. In previous years, as per the guidelines of the INC and AP govt, the university adopted the APEAPCET exams for the BSc (Nursing) courses, Dr Chandra Sekhar said.
Registrar Dr V Radhika Reddy said the entrance test will be held for 100 marks with objective-type questions from biology, physics, chemistry, English, and nursing sptitude.