KEAM 2025: What is Keralite or Non Keralite-benefit of being Keralite-Students will get certain advantages that a non keralite is not eligible.
Keralite: A candidate of Kerala origin will be categorized as a ‘Keralite’. Only ‘Keralite’ candidates are eligible for Communal/Special/Persons with Disabilities reservation or any fee concession. Children of All India Service (AIS) officers (NonKeralites) allotted to Kerala cadre are deemed to be ‘Keralites’. But they will not be eligible for Communal/Special/ Persons with Disabilities reservation or any fee concession
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How you will confirm your status of being a Keralite?
Students should take every care in selecting their category of Keralite and upload their supporting documents. So you can upload these document to establish your identity as Keralite.
- The relevant page of Secondary School Leaving Certificate of the candidate showing the place of birth in Kerala.
OR The relevant page of the Secondary School Leaving Certificate of either of the parents of the candidate showing Place of Birth in Kerala with corroborative certificate to establish the relationship between the parent and the candidate.
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The relevant page of the Passport of the candidate, issued by Government of India, showing Place of Birth in Kerala or of either of the parents of the candidate showing Place of Birth in Kerala with corroborative certificate to establish the relationship between the parent and the candidate.
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A certificate of birth from the authority competent to register birth CEE/9/2025-TA1 I/241230/2025 (Panchayath/Municipality/Corporation) showing the candidate’s or either of the parents’ (in which case corroborative certificate to establish the relationship between the parent and the candidate is necessary) place of birth in Kerala, to be issued by a competent registering authority.
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A certificate from the Village Officer/Tahsildar to show that the candidate or his/her Father/Mother was born in Kerala. (This is to be obtained in the prescribed format given in Annexure XXXV of the Prospectus).
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A certificate in the format given in Annexure XXXV (a) of the Prospectus from the competent authority showing that the parent of the candidate is an All India Service officer allotted to Kerala cadre.
Non Keralite
A candidate who has undergone qualifying course in Kerala and who is son/daughter of Non- Keralite parents belong to Government of India/ Defence Service, posted to Kerala.
A candidate who has undergone qualifying course in Kerala and who is son/daughter of Non-Keralite parents who are serving/served Government of Kerala for a minimum period of two years.
A candidate who is not of Kerala origin but has been a resident of Kerala State for a period of 5 (five) years within the period of 12 (twelve) years of his/her study.
A candidate who is not of Kerala origin but who has undergone his/her school studies in Kerala from standard VIII to XII. In order to prove that the candidate is a Non-Keralite Category I (NK I), he/she has to upload one of the following certificates to the online application.[for details, refer clause 6.1.1(b) of the Prospectus]
- A Certificate in the prescribed format obtained from the Head of the organization, where the candidate’s parent (employee) is serving/served, and the ‘Certificate showing School studies in Kerala for Standards XI & XII’ obtained from the Head of the Institution (in the prescribed format given in Annexure XXXVI of the Prospectus) CEE/9/2025-TA1 I/241230/2025 where the candidate underwent his/her qualifying course in Kerala to satisfy the Nativity condition under the sub-clause 6.1(ii).
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A certificate of residence from the Village Officer/Tahsildar to the effect that the candidate has been a Resident of Kerala State for a period of five years within a period of twelve years of his/her study, to be obtained in the prescribed format given in Annexure XXXVII of the Prospectus.
KEAM 2025 Benefit of being Keralite
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A Certificate showing School Studies in Kerala from Std. VIII to XII obtained from the Head(s) of the educational institution(s) in Kerala in the case of candidates who have undergone school studies in Kerala to prove that the candidate has undergone his/her studies in the schools in Kerala from Std. VIII to XII.
This certificate is to be obtained as per the guidelines given in Annexure XII in the prescribed format given in Annexure XXXVIII of the Prospectus.
Non – Keralite Category I candidates will be considered against ‘State Merit’ seats for Engineering/Architecture/B. Pharm/Medical & Medical Allied courses. But they will not be eligible for Communal/Special/Persons with Disabilities reservation or any fee concession.
KEAM 2025 Benefit of being Keralite
Non Keralite Cateogry II
Candidates who do not come under ‘Keralite’ or ‘Non-Keralite Category I’, will be categorized as ‘Non-Keralite Category II’.
Such candidates are eligible for admission to both Government and Management quota seats in Engineering courses in Government Cost-Sharing Engineering colleges.
However the ‘Non-Keralite Category II’ (NK II) candidates will be considered for admission to the Government seats in Engineering courses in Government Cost-Sharing Engineering colleges only when the Keralite and Non-Keralite I (NK I) candidates are not available for admission. ‘
Non-Keralite Category II’ (NK II) candidates are also eligible for admission to both Government and Management quota seats in Private Self-financing Engineering/Architecture/Siddha/Unani colleges.
But for Siddha and Unani courses, ‘Non- Keralite Category II’ (NK II) candidates will be considered only when the Keralite and Non-Keralite I (NK I) candidates are not available for admission. CEE/9/2025-TA1 I/241230/2025 ‘Non-Keralite Category II’ (NK II) candidates are also eligible for admission to a maximum of 10% seats under Management Quota in Private Self Financing Pharmacy colleges subject to fulfilling the eligibility conditions in Prospectus clause 6.2 & 6.3. ‘Non-Keralite Category II’ (NK II) candidates are not eligible for admission to Medical and Medical Allied/ Engineering/ Pharmacy/Architecture courses in Government colleges
