Army College of Nursing OAT (Online Admission Test) 2023

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Category : Medical Admissions 2024

Published : On May 18, 2023 By Webindia123 Editor

Important Dates

Last Date of Receipt of Application by Army College of Nursing, Jalandhar Cantt.	19th May 2023
Dowloading of Admit Cards	23rd May 2023
OAT (Online Admission Test)	04th June 2023 (1430 Hrs - 1630Hrs)
Declaration of Result	-

OAT (Online Admission Test) is the entrance examination for admission to B.Sc. Nursing Courses into Army College of Nursing (ACN), Jalandhar Cantt. and Army Institute of Nursing (AIN), Guwahati

Army College of Nursing (ACN) was established for female dependants of Army personnel/Ex-servicemen in Aug 2005. ACN is functioning under the aegis of Army Welfare Education Society (AWES). ACN is recognised by Indian Nursing Council (INC), New Delhi and is affiliated to Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot. ACN, Jalandhar Cantt offers four years degree course leading to award of degree of Bachelor of Science (Nursing) by Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab.

Army Institute of Nursing, Guwahati was established in the year 2006 under aegis of Army Welfare Education Society for the wards of serving and ex servicemen of Indian Army with a annual intake of 50 students for B Sc Nursing course and 20 students for M Sc Nursing course per year.

Eligibility for Admission :

The admission to the B. Sc. (Nursing) course at ACN Jalandhar Cantt is exclusively for the female dependant wards of serving Army personnel, eligible Retired Army personnel and war widows of Army only. The children of following categories of Army personnel are eligible and they are required to submit the relevant certificate as given against the category applicable to them as proof of their eligibility for admission to ACN Jalandhar Cantt along with the Application Form :-

The applicants must fall into one of the following categories:-
(i) Children of serving Army personnel with minimum 10 years continuous service in the Army (Submit Certificate No 1).
(ii) Children of retired army personnel granted/ awarded regular pension, liberalized family pension, family pension or disability pension at the time of their superannuation, demise, discharge, release medical board/ invalided medical board. This includes wards of recruits medically boarded out and granted disability pension (Submit Certificate No 1).
(iii) Children of retired army personnel who have taken discharge or released after ten years of service (Submit Certificate No 1).
Adopted /Step children and children of Remarried Widows .
(i) Adopted Child of Army personnel if adopted at least five years prior to seeking admission (Submit Certificate No 2).
(ii) Step Children are eligible provided they are born from a wedlock where at least one parent belonged to the Army who is otherwise eligible (Submit Certificate No 2).
Eligibility Criteria in Special Cases
(i) Eligibility Criteria for Wards of Retired Army Medical Corps Officers/Army Dental Corps Officers presently serving with Indian Navy or Indian Air Force(IN/IAF). Wards of only those Retired Army medical officers/Army Dental Corps officers presently serving with Indian Navy or Indian Air Force who have served with the Army for atleast 10 years (Submit Certificate No 3).
(ii) Eligibility Criteria for Children of APS/MNS/TA Personnel (Submit Certificate No 3).
(aa) Children of APS personnel classified as ex- servicemen as per Govt of India, Ministry of Defence letter No 9 (52)/88/D(Res) dated 19 Jul 89.
(ab) Children of those APS personnel who are on deputation and who have put in 10 years of service in the Army.
(ac) Children of APS personnel, who are directly recruited into APS who have completed 10 years of service and of those, who, as per their terms and conditions of service, retired from APS without reversion to P&T Department after completing their minimum pensionable service of which 10 years was in the Army.
(ad) Children of only those members of MNS who have 10 years service as regular members of MNS or are in receipt of pension from the Army.
(ae) Children of only those TA personnel who have completed 10 years of embodied service.

Educational Qualification

The higher secondary examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination which is equivalent to 10+2 Higher Secondary Examination after a period of 12 years study, the last two years of study comprising of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics or any other elective subjects with English at a level not less than the core course for English as prescribed by the National Council for Educational Research and Training after the introduction of 10+2+3 years educational structure as recommended by the National Committee on education.
Or
The Intermediate examination in science of an Indian University/Board or other recognized body with Physics, Chemistry and Biology which shall include a practical test in these subjects and also English as a compulsory subject.
Or
The pre-professional/pre-medical examination with Physics, Chemistry and Biology, after passing either the higher secondary school examination, or the pre university or an equivalent examination. The pre-professional/pre-medical examination shall include a practical test in Physics, Chemistry and Biology and also English as a compulsory subject.
Or
The first year of the three years degree course of a recognized university with Physics, Chemistry and Biology including a practical test in three subjects provided the examination is a “university examination” and candidate has passed 10+2 with English at a level not less than a core course.
Or
B.Sc examination of an Indian University, provided that she has passed the B.Sc Examination with not less than two of the following subjects Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Botany, Zoology) and further that she has passed the earlier qualifying examination with the following subjects Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English.
Or
Any other examination which, in scope and standard is found to be equivalent to the Intermediate science examination of an Indian University/Board, taking Physics, Chemistry and Biology including practical test in each of these subjects and English.

Selection Procedure

The entrance test for ACN and AIN will be held as OAT (Online Admission Test) at selected centers throughout the country.

The merit list will be prepared based on the aggregate marks obtained by the candidates in the entrance test. The decision of management regarding the preparation of merit list will be final and no arbitration in this matter will be accepted.

In case of vacant seats due to certain candidates declining to join/not joining on due date, the vacancy so created will be offered to the candidate next in merit and so on.

Checking of Medical Fitness Certificate of the applicants & subject to being found medically fit at the time of joining the college.

Test Pattern

The paper will be of 2 hours duration containing 5 subjects. The test paper will consist of 120 objective type (multiple choice) questions in the following format : -

Part I.
Biology (Total 50 marks, Multiple Choice questions 25 marks each from Botany and Zoology).
Part II.
Physics (Multiple Choice questions 25 marks).
Part III.
Chemistry (Multiple Choice questions 25 marks).
Part IV.
English – 10 Marks.
Part V.
General Awareness – 10 Marks

All answers shall be indicated on a single Optical Marks Reader (OMR) sheet using HB pencil to darken the circle pertaining to the most appropriate answer. The questions shall be generally based on the CBSE syllabus for class 10+2. Any overwriting, excessive marking and filling of roll numbers in wrong slots is liable to be rejected by computers and names of such candidates will not appear in merit list. OMR sheets without proper roll numbers, with overwriting, cuttings and poorly erased pencil marks are rejected by the computer system.

Syllabus : The general standard of the entrance examination will be that of 11th and 12th class under the 10+2 scheme/premedical/intermediate science or an equivalent examination of the State Education Board/Indian University.

How to Apply

There will be a OAT (Online Admission Test) for admission to Army College of Nursing Jalandhar Cantt and Army Institute of Nursing Guwahati.

The Prospectus / Application Forms for admission to two institutions, however, are released separately. The two colleges i.e. Army College of Nursing and Army Institute of Nursing bring out their separate prospectus, which can be obtained from the college websites of the two institutions free of cost. Candidates desirous of applying to more than one institution will have to download the application forms of the respective institutions, fill in the prescribed forms for each of them and submit them directly to Army College of Nursing, Jalandhar Cantt. No candidate will be considered for admission to an institution unless she fills the prescribed application form of the corresponding institution(s).

Candidates desirous of seeking admission to ACN Jalandhar Cantt can visit college website www.acn.co.in and download prospectus and application form.

Candidates desirous of seeking admission to AIN Guwahati can visit college website www.ainguwahati.org and download prospectus and application form.

Candidates applying for more than one institution are advised to clearly mention their priority of choice of the respective institutions in their application forms giving particulars of the application forms of the institutions they have applied, as sought in relevant column of the application form. Only those candidates, who wish to be considered for more than one institution, are required to download the application forms of all the institutions they want to be considered for admission, fill in their prescribed application forms indicating their priority of choice in all the forms in the respective columns and submit all the forms completed in all respects to Army College of Nursing, Jalandhar. Note that the candidate’s priority of choice reflected by her in all the application forms she submits should be the same. In case of any discrepancy on the part of the candidate in this respect, the decision of the Army College of Nursing, Jalandhar Cantt will be final and binding.

Based on the candidates’ performance in OAT (Online Admission Test), separate merit lists will be drawn for the two institutions. Candidates will be considered for admission only to the institutions(s) for which they have filled the prescribed application. Candidates applying for more than one institution will be considered for allotment to the respective institutions as per the priority of choice indicated by them in their applications and as per their position in the merit list. For example, if as per her performance in OAT (Online Admission Test), a common applicant gets the institution of her first choice then she will not be considered for a seat in the institution of her second choice. But a common candidate who gets her lower priority choice will be considered for a place in the waiting list in the institution of her higher priority choice as per her OAT (Online Admission Test) merit. Priority of choice for the two institutions should therefore be indicated carefully in relevant column of the application form as the choice once indicated would neither be revised not changed at a later stage.

For further details refer prospectus of respective colleges.

Contact Details

Address	:	Army College of Nursing Old Phagwara Road, Deep Nagar, Jalandhar Cantt, Jalandhar, Punjab 144005
Phone	:	0181-2266167, 2660080
Fax	:	-
Mobile	:	-
E-mail	:	Contact Now
Website	:	www.acn.co.in

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