BCECE 2024 Exam: Counselling (Over), Reporting (Done), Result (Out), Admission Process

The counselling process of BCECE 2024 is being conducted in an online mode. The authorities released the BCECE 2024 counselling dates on the official website. Candidates qualifying for BCECE 2024 are eligible to participate in web counselling by registering and filling out choices. BCECEB then released the admission/ provisional seat allotment list for BCECE 2024 counselling. Candidates need to secure the allotted seat by choice locking and fee payment. 

BCECE entrance exam is being conducted by the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) for admissions to Agriculture and Horticulture Science courses. The entrance exam is held in a pen-paper-based mode. The BCECE 2024 entrance exam is being held for 1 hour 30 minutes (90 minutes) for each paper. There are separate question papers for BCECE i.e. Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, and Agriculture; each paper carries 100 questions for a total of 400 marks. 

The result of BCECE 2024 declared in the form of rank cards at the official website in online mode. Candidates have to visit the official website and click on the link indicating the download of BCECE 2024 rank card, as per their stream of the exam they had appeared for. After this, candidates are required to enter BCECE 2024 Roll Number and date of birth from the drop-down box. Thereafter, click on the 'Show Rank' tab. The BCECE Rank Card appears on the screen and can be downloaded. Candidates are advised to keep it safe till the admission/counselling process is over. 

BCECE 2024 admit card was issued online at the official website. Candidates had to visit the official website and click on the link indicating the BCECE 2024 Admit Card. After providing the login credentials, vis-a-vis username and password, the BCECE 2024 admit card was available for download. It carried information such as candidates' personal details, exam date and time, exam centre address, exam day guidelines and instructions, etc. It is a mandatory document to be carried to the test centre. The BCECE 2024 admit card is also one of the documents required during the counselling process.

The following table brings the highlights of the BCECE 2024 exam.

The candidates seeking admission to undergraduate science courses need to fulfill the eligibility criteria as mentioned below: 

• Candidates should have passed class 12th/ Intermediate or equivalent examination from the state board or any national board of education. 
• The candidates should have studied relevant science, mathematics, and agriculture subjects in the qualifying examination. 
• The minimum age limit is 16 years as of August 31, of the examination year. There is no maximum age limit 

For engineering and medical courses, the eligibility criteria would be the same as for JEE Main and NEET respectively.

The admission process through BCECE 2024 will be conducted as follows: 

Step 1: BCECE 2024 Application - Candidates interested in admissions through BCECE had to apply for the exam online. The application form for BCECE 2024 was available on the official website of the exam board. The application process for BCECE 2024 included registration, filling in academic and personal details, uploading documents and fee payment. Candidates had to pay the application fee as follows: 

Step 2: Download BCECE 2024 Admit Card - Candidates who applied for the entrance exam were issued BCECE 2024 admit card for appearing in the entrance exam. The admit card mentioned the candidates' name, roll number, exam centre name and location etc. Candidates could download their admit cards from the official website by entering their login details. Candidates had to carry their admit card on the exam day along with a photo ID as validated by the government. 

Step 3: Appear for BCECE 2024 Examination - Candidates need to appear for BCECE 2024 as per the exam schedule mentioned on their admit card. The examination was held on July 13 and 14, 2024 in offline/pen-paper-based test mode. There are six different papers for all the streams and, each paper will be for 1 hour 30 minutes. Candidates had to report to their allotted exam centres at least an hour before the exam timings. 

Step 4: Check BCECE 2024 Result - BCECEB announced the results for all papers after the exam was conducted. Candidates can check their qualifying status and marks in BCECE 2024 by logging in to the official website. BCECEB also published separate merit lists for all subject groups basis which admissions were offered to different courses. 

Step 5: Appear for BCECE 2024 Counselling - Candidates need to participate in the counselling rounds of BCECE 2024 as per the merit list. The exam authority allotted seats at the participating colleges based on the merit lists, eligibility criteria and reservation criteria. Candidates will be given a chance to mark their preferences from the list of colleges accepting BCECE 2024 scores. Moreover, candidates seeking admission to the reserved seats need to show the relevant documents at the time of counselling for verification. 

The centre list for BCECE 2024 is given in the table below. The centres were located in Bihar and two centres outside Bihar (Jharkhand and others).  

BCECE 2024 syllabus was released by BCECEB along with the notification and information brochure of the exam. Looking at the past trend, the syllabus of BCECE 2024 remained unchanged from that of the previous years. BCECE syllabus is in line with Class 11 and Class 12 levels and has subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, and Agricultural subjects. While preparing for the exam, aspirants must be thorough with the syllabus and know the topic-wise weightage, and devise the preparation strategy accordingly. 

The BCECE 2024 exam pattern states that it is a paper-pencil-based test of 1.5 hours duration each for a total of five papers - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Agriculture, and Biology. The medium of questions was English and Hindi. The questions were objective type with multiple-choice questions (MCQs) with four answer options. Each paper carried 100 questions of four marks each. There was a negative marking scheme of one mark for each wrong answer. Hence, the total marks of the paper were 400 marks. Depending on the groups (PCM, PCB, CBA, MCA, MBA, and PCMB), the total marks range between 1200 and 1600. 

The BCECE 2024 question paper will be released soon after its completion of the admission process. The exam was conducted in a paper-pencil-based test, candidates will be given the BCECE question paper after the test. Aspirants who plan to appear for the exam next year can also collect the previous years' BCECE question papers and sample papers for practice purposes. The exam authorities generally release the BCECE 2024 question papers officially after the admission process concludes. 

Candidates appearing for the entrance exam should be careful of a few things on the exam day: 

• They should report at the exam centre as allotted to them at least an hour or 15 minutes before the exam timings as under: 

• On the exam day, candidates had to carry their admit card of BCECE 2024 as allotted to them along with a valid photo ID proof
• Candidates were not advised to carry any electronic device or mobile phones/headphones or calculators on the exam day as it is not allowed inside the examination hall
• Candidates were not allowed to carry any eatables inside the exam centre except for the water that may be allowed by the centre officials 
• In case of any discrepancy regarding the admit card or exam centre location, they had to got it clarified by the exam authority at least five days before the exam date
• Candidates had to follow the instructions of the exam centre officials to avoid termination from the exam centre 
• Candidates had to occupy the seat allotted to them carefully or the seat number would go wrong in the attendance sheet which may lead to candidature cancellation
• Candidates should have avoided any kind of unfair exam practices, maintain discipline and silence inside the examination hall while taking the exam

The answer keys of BCECE 2024 will be released online at the official website of the exam conducting body. However, last year it was released unofficially by coaching institutes or individual experts after the conduct of the exam. BCECE answer key refers to the correct answer options for each question. Based on the answer keys, candidates can calculate their estimated scores. in each section as well as overall and gauge their chances of admission.

Here is the list of colleges accepting BCECE scores for admission to Bachelor of Science (BSc) courses in Agriculture and Horticulture streams: 

The admissions will be done to 85 percent of seats of the above-mentioned intake by each college on the basis of BCECE 2024 scores.