KEAM
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KEAM, short for Kerala Engineering Agricultural Medical is an entrance examination series for admissions to various professional degree courses in the state of Kerala, India. It is conducted by the Office of the Commissioner of Entrance Exams run by the Government of Kerala.
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[edit] Dissimilarity of KEAM with other entrance Tests
KEAM is probably the only entrance test series in India that is conducted by a State Government directly. In all other states, entrance examinations are conducted by a state run university. This is because in Kerala, there are various state run universities.
[edit] KEAM 2006
The most recent KEAM was scheduled to be held from the 24th through the 29th of April 2006. But, owing to general elections in the state of Kerala, it has been postponed and is now rescheduled to be held from the 15th through the 21st of May 2006.
According to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, the examinations will be held at 182 schools across Kerala as well as at the Kerala Education Society Senior Secondary School in New Delhi and at the Indian High School, Dubai.[1] The Engineering Exam will be conducted at 183 centres, the medical exams at 168 centres and architectural exams at select 16 centres. The exams will begin at all centres, including Dubai at 1000 hrs IST. As many as 81,992 students are appearing for KEAM '06, compared to last year's 69,962. Thiruvananthapuram has the highest number of candidates, 12,291. Ernakulam comes second with 10,977 and Thrissur comes at third spot with 9,472 candidates. Wayanad district has the lowest number of candidates within Kerala (892) while the New Delhi centre has 376 students.[2]
