THE J&K BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

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Subject: Admission to B.Sc. Nursing /B.Sc. Paramedical /B.Sc. Technology Courses-2025 in

Government / Private Colleges/Institutions of UT of J&K: Invitation of online
applications thereof.

Notification No. 031-BOPEE of 2025

Dated 17-03-2025
Online Applications are invited from the eligible/desirous candidates who intend to appear in
Baghat-i-Barzulla, Opposite J&K Bank, Srinagar-190005 & 4th Floor, South Block, Bahu Plaza, Jammu-180012

the Entrance Test for admission to B.Sc. Nursing /B.Sc. Paramedical / B.Sc. Technology Courses for the
academic session-2025 in Government / Private Colleges / Institutions of UT of J&K. The selection of the
candidates to such courses shall be regulated by the J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examination Act,
2002 and the Rules and Regulations there under; Jammu & Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 as amended
vide J&K Re-organization Act, 2019, J&K Reservation Rules, 2005 as amended vide S.O. 69 dated 28-02-
2020, S.O. 249 dated 23-07-2021, S.O. 277 dated 13-08-2021, S.O 176 dated 15-03-2024 read with S.O 305
dated 21-05-2024 and subject to further amendments, if any, made by the Competent Authority, from
time to time and the guidelines as contained in the Electronic Information Brochure-2025.

Important Information:

1. Receipt of online application forms: w.e.f. 19-03-2025.

2. Last date for filling out the online application forms: 02-04-2025 (Midnight).
3. Fee of Rs. 1000/ (Rupees one thousand only) to be paid online through Credit Card/Debit
Card/Net Banking.
4. The e-Information Brochure can be downloaded from the BOPEE website viz www.jkbopee.gov.in
5. The syllabus for the examination/test is available in the e-Brochure.
6. Date of Common Entrance Test: 27-04-2025 (Tentatively).
7. The candidates, in their own interests, are advised to go through the Information Brochure before
filling up the Online Application Form. The Board shall not be responsible for any act of omission or
commission in filling up of the Online Application Form by the candidate(s). It is incumbent upon
the candidates to go through the information contained in the e-Information Brochure and agree
to the conditions contained therein.
8. The candidates are further advised to remain in touch with the BOPEE website
www.jkbopee.gov.in. The Board does not undertake any responsibility for any delay caused in the
publication of Notices/ Notifications in the Print Media (Newspapers) as delay, if any, in such
publication(s) is not within the control of the Board, notwithstanding that the Board notifies the
same on its official website and forward the same for publication in the newspapers
simultaneously on the date of issue of the said Notifications/Notices, etc.
9. The Entrance Examination conducted by the Board shall be offline.

Online Application forms:

The procedure for filling up of Application Form and eligibility etc. of the candidates has been given
in detail in the e- Information Brochure.
Help Desk:

The applicants can also contact the Help Desk of the I.T. Section of the BOPEE during office hours
and on working days only on 0194-2437647 / 0194-2433590/ / 0191-2470102 / 0191-2479371 and or email
at [email protected] for any assistance/guidance in this regard.

Submission of Online Application Forms:

The Interested candidates are required to upload the following scanned original / self-attested
certificates in PDF format with sizes from 100-200 KB along with the Application Form: -

(i) domicile of UT of J&K/UT of Ladakh as the case may be (For Candidates of UT of Ladakh, ST
certificate issued by the Competent Authority of Ladakh shall be treated as Domicile
Certificate),

(ii) Qualifying marks (12th Class) certificate; (where result is declared),

(iii) Date of Birth Certificate (only Matriculation Certificate issued by the Board of School
Education); and

(iv) Valid Reserved category certificate, if any,

(v) Any other documents, as required.

However, it is for the information of all the concerned that the afore-titled documents as required for
submission of the application form shall be considered provisional and subject to change(s), if any, as may
be notified by the Government subsequently.

A. Eligibility for B.Sc. Nursing Programme:

The candidates applying for admission to B.Sc. Nursing Programme must fulfill the following
eligibility criteria.

A candidate must:

(i) be a domicile of UT of J&K/UT of Ladakh as the case may be (For Candidates belonging to UT of
Ladakh, ST certificate issued by a Competent Authority of Ladakh shall be treated as a Domicile
certificate);
(ii) be at least 17 years old on 31st December 2025. The maximum age limit for admission should
be 35 years.
(iii) have passed the qualifying 12th Standard examination (10+2) and must have obtained a
minimum of 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB) for Open Merit category and
40% for reserved categories viz., SC/ST-I/ST-II/OBC/ALC/IB/RBA taken together and passed in
English individually including the candidates from State Open School recognized by State
Government and National Institute of Open School (NIOS) recognized by Central Government
having Science subjects and English only.
(iv) English is a compulsory subject in 10+2 for being eligible for admission to B.Sc. Nursing.

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 (v) The candidate must be medically fit.
(vi) Further The candidates appearing/appeared in the qualifying examinations are also eligible to
apply and appear in the Entrance Test subject to the condition that they have to submit the
qualifying examination certificate if selected, to the allotted college/Institution at the time of
admission, otherwise their candidature shall and shall be deemed to have been canceled
abinitio.

B. Eligibility for B.Sc. Para-Medical Courses:

The candidates applying for admission to B.Sc. Para-Medical Courses must fulfill the following
eligibility criteria.

A candidate must:

(i) be a domicile of UT of J&K/UT of Ladakh as the case may be (For Candidates belonging to UT of
Ladakh, ST certificate issued by a Competent Authority of Ladakh shall be treated as a Domicile
certificate);
(ii) be at least 17 years old on 31st December 2025; The maximum age limit for admission shall be
35 years.
(iii) have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB) and
English through a recognized Board / University.
(iv) The candidate must be medically fit.
(v) Further, the candidates appearing/appeared in the qualifying examinations are also eligible to
apply and appear in the Entrance Test subject to the condition that they must submit the
qualifying examination certificate if selected, to the allotted college/Institution at the time of
admission, otherwise their candidature shall and shall be deemed to have been cancelled
abinitio.

The candidates applying for only Lateral Entry must have obtained a diploma in the concerned
stream and have passed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and a diploma registered with J&K Para-
Medical/Nursing Council.

C. Eligibility for B.Sc. Technology Courses in SKIMS, Soura, Srinagar:

A candidate must:

(i) be a domicile of UT of J&K/UT of Ladakh as the case may be (For Candidates belonging to
UT of Ladakh, ST certificate issued by a Competent Authority of Ladakh shall be treated as
a Domicile certificate);
(ii) be at least 17 years old on 31st December 2025,
(iii) have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination with Science (Physics, Chemistry, and Biology)
and English through a recognized Board / University securing a minimum of 50% marks and
above for Open Merit Candidates and 40% marks and above for candidates belonging to
Reserved Categories viz., SC/ST-I/ST-II/OBC/ALC/IB/RBA in aggregate.

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 (iv) Further, the candidates appearing/appeared in the qualifying examinations are also
eligible to apply and appear in the Entrance Test subject to the condition that they have to
submit the qualifying examination certificate if selected, to the allotted college/Institution at
the time of admission, otherwise their candidature shall and shall be deemed to have been
canceled abinitio.

Syllabus:
Candidates applying for the courses mentioned above at (A), (B), and (C), are advised to go
through the syllabus for the Common Entrance Test referred to in the e-information brochure of B.Sc.
Nursing/ B.Sc. Paramedical / B.Sc. Technology Courses available on the BOPEE website
www.jkbopee.gov.in.

Note - I

Eligibility is bare minimum/provisional and shall be subject to such changes/benchmarks as may be

fixed by the Competent Authority/ University concerned. The Board shall be on receipt of any such
communication from the concerned authority/University and notify the same, which shall govern the
eligibility criteria.

Original Documents required to be submitted in the Institution at the time of Admission:-

a) Marks certificate of the qualifying examinations (12th class marks certificate);

b) Date of birth (Matriculation / Secondary School Certificate) from a recognized Board;
c) Domicile Certificate for candidates belonging to UT of J&K and ST certificate as a Domicile for
candidates belonging to UT of Ladakh;
d) Category Certificate, if any;
e) Any additional document as required by the Institution.

Venue for Conduct of Examination:

The Common Entrance Examination shall be conducted offline at Jammu / Srinagar centres
simultaneously as may be decided by the Board.

Issuance of Admit Cards and Date of Test (if the test is conducted):

Information about the availability of Online Admit Cards, Venue, and Time of the Common
Entrance Test will be issued separately in due course of time.

Note-II

1. The sports category candidates must indicate their sports category on the Application Form. They
are also required to submit their Sports Certificate(s) in the office of the Secretary, J&K Sports
Council, for determining their sports points which shall later be officially forwarded by the Council
to the BOPEE. The BOPEE, however, shall not be responsible for the non-inclusion of any candidate
in the list forwarded by the Sports Council or delay on their part for submission of sports points to
the BOPEE.

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 2. The candidates having more than one reserved category certificate can get the benefit of only one
category indicated and uploaded along with the Application Form which in no case shall be
changed afterwards. The candidate, whose category certificate has not been found valid upto the
last date of registration for counselling, the candidature of such candidates if selected, shall and
shall be deemed to have been cancelled abinitio.

3. The CDP category candidates are advised to write their priority (01-08) in the online Application
form issued by the competent authority.
Baghat-i-Barzulla, Opposite J&K Bank, Srinagar-190005 &4th Floor, South Block, Bahu Plaza, Jammu-180012

4. The online submitted Application Form is purely provisional and is liable to be cancelled at any
stage subject to the final verification of the documents and even at any stage, where such a
document is proved to be fake/false.

5. The candidature of those candidates, who may have uploaded the wrong category or submitted an
incorrect/wrong application form during the online process, shall be liable to be rejected without
any further notice to such candidates. However, they can rectify their correction(s), if any, by
submitting a representation physically at the BOPEE office in Jammu / Srinagar on or before the
last date fixed by the Board for filling up online application forms.

6. Mere submission of the Application Form and appearance of the aspiring candidate in the Entrance
Test shall not confer any preferential right/claim for admission upon the intending applicants but
shall be subject to the fulfillment of the eligibility criteria and the qualification prescribed for the
said course.

7. The seats shall be provisionally allotted to the candidates purely based on the online information
filled by the candidates (including category) during the online application form. In case the
candidates have filled /uploaded the wrong category during the online application form, the seat
shall be allotted accordingly & the Board shall not be responsible for the same. Hence the
candidates are advised to rectify the mistake before the allotment of the seats.

E&OE

Sd/-
(Prof. Gurvinder Raj Verma)
Controller of Examinations
J&K BOPEE

No. BOPEE-Exam/16/2025(7664851) Dated 17-03-2025

Copy to the: -
1. Additional Chief Secretary to Hon’ble Chief Minister, UT of J&K.
2. Principal Secretary to the Hon’ble Lt. Governor, Union Territory, J&K.
3. Principal Secretary to the Hon’ble Lt. Governor, Union Territory, Ladakh.
4. Commissioner/Secretary to Government General Administration Department, Civil Secretariat,
Jammu/Srinagar.

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5. Commissioner/Secretary to Government ARI and Training's Department, Civil Secretariat,
Jammu/Srinagar.
6. Secretary to Government, Health & Medical education Department, Civil Secretariat,
Jammu/Srinagar.
7. Director Information for publication of the Notification in two leading English newspapers of Srinagar
and Jammu each having largest circulation preferably in Daily Excelsior for Jammu & Greater Kashmir
for Srinagar newspapers.
8. Director, Doordarshan Kendra, Srinagar/Jammu/Leh/Kargil for favour of wide publicity through daily
news bulletins.
9. Director, All India Radio, Srinagar/Jammu/Ladakh and Doordarshan, Srinagar/Jammu/Ladakh for
favour of wide publicity through daily news bulletins.
10. Members, J&K BOPEE.
11. Secretary, J&K BOPEE.
12. Secretary Sports Council, J&K, Jammu, with the remarks to kindly send the list of eligible Sports
Category candidates along with Sports points by or before 10th May 2025 (upto 02:00 P.M.)
positively after that no Sports points will be entertained.
13. President, J&K Nursing Council, GMC Jammu, J&K.
14. F.A/CAO, J&K BOPEE for information.
15. DLR, J&K BOPEE for information.
16. Pvt. Secretary to Minister, ARI & Trainings Department for kind information of the Hon’ble Minister.
17. Pvt. Secretary to Chairperson, BOPEE for kind information of the Chairperson.
18. I.T Section, J&K BOPEE for information.
19. Office file.

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