A Common Entrance Test designated as Andhra Pradesh Physical Education Common Entrance Test (APPECET - 2023) will be conducted by Acharya Nagarjuna University for the Academic Year 2023-24 for those seeking entry into B.P.Ed.(Two years) and U.G.D.P.Ed. (Two Years) Courses.

The Application form is for Common Entrance Test for the entry into the Physical Education courses.

Scheme of Entrance test for B.P.Ed.(Two years) and U.G.D.P.Ed. (Two Years) Courses:

The Common Entrance Test for entry of students into B.P.Ed. (Two years) and U.G.D.P.Ed. (Two years) Courses Comprise of two parts, namely

a) Physical Efficiency Test and

b) Skill Test in Game.

These tests will be conducted as follows :

(A) Physical Efficiency Test : Maximum 400 marks :

For each of the events, marks shall be awarded, by using the conversion tables approved by the APPECET Committee. 

a. Compulsory Events (No option)

 b. Optional Event

The Candidate has to choose either High Jump or Long Jump. The Candidate has to mention option in the application. Changing of option at the time of test is not permitted.

(B) Skill Test in Game : Maximum 100 Marks :

The skills of the candidate shall be tested in any one of the following games opted by the candidate: 

Note: If any Candidate fails to choose any one of these games in the application, the candidate will not be allowed to attend the examination in the skill test and he/she looses the chance to appear for 100 marks skill test. If any candidate chooses more than one game, then also, the candidate will not be allowed to the skill test. So, the candidate should fill the application properly by choosing only one game. Changing of option at the time of test is not permitted.

Candidates should produce the following original certificates at the time of entrance test.

• Sports Merit Certificates.
• Pass Certificate in any one of the following courses: U.G.D.P.Ed / NIS / Yoga / Sports Management / Sports Science / Sports Journalism / Olympic Education / Basic Course in Adventure Sport.
• N.C.C. Certificate (C-Certificate / B-Certificate)
• One set of attested Photostat copies of all the above certificates along with Photostat copy of Hall Ticket. 

 The test will be conducted at Acharya Nagarjuna University Campus, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur only. The date and time of test will be furnished in the hall ticket. The Date and Time of test of all candidates will be displayed in the Website www.sche.ap.gov.in

Candidates can download their hall tickets from the website. Candidate should report at thetesting Center half-an hour before the commencement of the Test.The test will be held in two parts i.e.

a) Physical Efficiency Test

b) Skill Test in Game.

General Instructions

1. The eligible candidates have to attend the counseling in person at their own expenses, if they fail to attend, they will forego the seat.

2. For Any litigation concerning APPECET-2023, the parties to be impleaded are the Secretary, A.P. State Council of Higher Education, Atmakur and Convener, APPECET-2023 and within the jurisdiction of A.P. High Court.

3. Mere appearance at the entrance test does not automatically entitle a candidate to beconsidered for admission into physical education courses unless the candidate satisfies therequirement of eligibility as laid down above and other criteria laid down in the rules foradmission that shall be issued separately.

4. If any ambiguity or doubt arises in the interpretation or implementation of any of the rules, the decision of chairperson shall be final.

The test will be conducted at Acharya Nagarjuna University Campus, Nagarjuna Nagar,Guntur only. The date and time of test will be furnished in the hall ticket. The Date and Time oftest of all candidates will be displayed in theWebsite https://cets.apsche.ap.gov.in

Date of Commencement of Physical Efficiency and Games skill Test- 31.05.2023 onwards

Reporting of applicants for physical Efficiency and Games skill Test-  6.00 A.M.

Conduct of Physical Efficiency and Games skill Test- 7.00 A.M. Onwards

End of Physical Efficiency and Games skill Test-According to number of candidates registered

Candidates satisfying the following requirements shall be eligible to appear for APPECET- 2023.

1. Candidates should be of Indian Nationality.

2. Candidates should belong to the state of Andhra Pradesh only. The candidates should satisfy local / non-local status requirements as laid down in the Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission) order, 2174 as subsequently amended.

Eligibility for B.P.Ed. (Two years): Candidates should have appeared third year degree examination or passed three years Degree recognized by any university in A.P. or any other university recognized as equivalent thereto. 

Candidate should have completed 19 years of age on 01. 07. 2023.

However, the candidate has to submit the pass certificate at the time of counseling.

Eligibility for U.G.D.P.Ed. (Two years) : Candidates should have appeared or passed Intermediate or equivalent course recognized by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and should have completed 16 years of age on 01. 07. 2023.

However, the candidate has to submit the pass certificate at the time of counseling.

The in-service Physical Education Teachers (P.E.Ts) seeking admission into B.P.Ed. (Two years) Course or U.G.D.P.Ed. (Two Years) Course need not appear for any Entrance Test conducted by APPECET Convener. They have to apply directly to the Director of School Education, Ibrahimpatnam, Krishna District through proper channel as per the respective D.E.O.s notification.

Note: Graduates obtained the degree under distance mode from Deemed to be Universities and Private Universities are not eligible unless such programmes have the approval of joint action committee of UGC and Distance Education Council and AICTE.

Online registration fee (Application processing fee) is Rs. 900/- for OC, Rs. 800/- for BC and Rs. 700/- for SC & ST candidates.

The candidate should pay the registration fee (Application processing fee) through A.P. Online / Payment Gateways (Credit card/ Debit card / Net banking) provided in the website i.e, www.sche.ap.gov.in

The last date for submission ONLINE application without late fee 10.05.2023, with late fee of Rs. 500/- is 17.05.2023 and with late fee of Rs. 1,000/- is 24.05.2023

The test will be conducted at Acharya Nagarjuna University Campus, Nagarjuna Nagar,Guntur only.

The date and time of test will be furnished in the hall ticket. The Date and Time oftest of all candidates will be displayed in the Website https://cets.apsche.ap.gov.in

The application should be filled with full and correct particulars and submitted through online mode only. Instructions for filling the application are given in the next page.

The candidate should pay the Registration fee (Application processing fee) through A.P. Online / e seva / mee seva centres or pay directly through Gateway provided in the website https://cets.apsche.ap.gov.in

Hall tickets will not be sent to the Candidates.

Therefore theCandidate should download the Hall ticket from the following Website:www.sche.ap.gov.in

Qualifying marks for APECET-2023

1. The qualifying marks in the APPECET shall be 30% of the aggregate marks allotted for all the test items i.e. Physical Efficiency Test for 400 Marks and Skill Test in games for 100 Marks (Total of 500 Marks excluding incentive marks). There shall be no minimum qualifying marks for the candidates belonging to the category of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

2. There is no re-totaling, revaluation or personal identification of response sheets of the Entrance Test.

The candidates who have secured qualifying marks in APPECET 2023 and candidates belonging to the category of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, to whom qualifying marks have not been prescribed, will be assigned the ranking in the order of the merit on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained in all tests put together including incentive marks, if they have any.

For the preparation of merit list, in case of more than one student scoring the same aggregate marks, the tie will be resolved to decide the relative ranking as follows:

i) The marks scored in Physical efficiency test will be taken into consideration.

ii) In case of further tie, marks scored in Skill Test in games will be taken into consideration

iii) In case of further tie, Date of Birth of the candidate will be considered and the older candidates shall be given priority basing on age.

iv) In case of further tie, common rank will be given. At the time of admission it is resolved based on qualifying examination marks.

Counseling will be conducted through Web based counseling process. The date of counseling will be notified in news papers and website. Individual call letters will not be sent to the candidates. Hence the candidates should follow the news paper notification for the dates of counseling and list of helpline centers. List of Institutions for allotment of candidates, intake in each course and category in each institution would be announced at the time of counseling. The detailed instruction booklet for web counseling will be placed in the websites.

APPECET 2023 Dates