A.P. students achieve 95.36 per cent pass rate in POLYCET-2025-OxBig News Network

Students who appeared for POLYCET-2025 in Andhra Pradesh have achieved an impressive overall pass percentage of 95.36. The Department of Technical Education released the POLYCET- 2025 results on Wednesday.

Of the total 1,39,840 candidates who appeared for the exam, 1,33,358 passed, while girls outperformed the boys with a pass percentage of 96.9 compared to 94.38 achieved by the latter.

A remarkable achievement this year is that 19 students secured a perfect score of 120 out of 120. All SC and ST candidates, who appeared for the test have been allotted ranks to ensure equitable opportunities for pursuing technical education. This measure aims to empower these candidates to secure jobs early in their careers or venture into entrepreneurship.

The results can be accessed online at https://polycetap.nic.in and WhatsApp (Mana Mitra) by sending “Hi” to 9552300009.

Details regarding certificate verification and counselling dates will be announced shortly. Candidates are advised to regularly check the official website https://apsbtet.ap.gov.in/#!/index/HomeNotifications for updates on the admission process and other related information.

The State Board of Technical Education and Training conducted the entrance exam on April 3, 2025, to facilitate admissions into diploma courses in Engineering and non-Engineering streams offered by the 87 government polytechnics, 180 private polytechnics and private engineering colleges in the State.

Among districts, ASR district recorded the highest pass percentage at 98.66, while Anantapur registered the lowest at 93.11. The highest number of participants, 12,365 candidates, hailed from Visakhapatnam district.

Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Nara Lokesh congratulated the successful candidates. “Glad to see that girls have fared better with 96.9%, raising hopes to see more women entrepreneurs and technocrats from A.P. in near future as dreamt of by government,” he posted on X.

The Minister said that he was truly impressed by the stellar performance of 19 students who secured 120 out of 120. “I commend their excellent work and dedication,” he said and went on to add that aspirants who could not make it this year should keep going strong. “The world is big and full of opportunities,” he said.