The minimum education qualification for admission to this courses is as follows:-

Candidate with at least 50% marks in senior secondary (10+2) or its equivalent examination with five subjects including English as one of the subjects.

There shall be a relaxation of 5% marks in minimum qualifying marks at senior secondary (10+2) level for Scheduled Castes (SC), Backward class (BC) and differently-abled candidates Further, the said 5% relaxation means at least 47.5% marks (50×5/100 i.e. 2.5 = 47.5%) as clarified by the Apex Court in its Judgment dated 18-09-2011 cited in 2012 (1) RSJ-64 in Civil Appeal No. 7084 of 2011 titled as P.V. Indirsean VS union of India & others. However, the said relaxation shall not be admissible to Special Backward Classes & Economical Backward Class Persons in the General caste Category.