Wait is over: KEAM exam results announced

KOZHIKODE: The KEAM (Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical) exam results have been announced. John Shinoj from Muvattupuzha has secured the first rank in Engineering. Harikrishnan Baiju from Cherai secured the second rank, and Akshay Biju from Kakkoor, Kozhikode, secured the third rank.

A total of 86,549 students appeared for the exam, out of which 76,230 qualified. The results were announced by Higher Education Minister R Bindu. In Pharmacy, Anagha Anil from Alappuzha secured the first rank.

In engineering, Hridhin S. Biju from Neeleswaram, Kasaragod, secured the first rank in the SC category, while K.S. Sabarinath from Manarcadu, Kottayam, topped the ST category. In pharmacy, C. Shikha from Irumbuzhi, Malappuram, secured the first rank in the SC category, and A.R. Anagha from Kaniyambetta, Wayanad, topped the ST category.

Following complaints that students from the Kerala syllabus were falling behind, changes were made to the existing mark normalisation system. The results were declared today based on the revised method. The cabinet had recently decided to adopt the Tamil Nadu model.

As per the new system, only the board exam results of students who wrote the entrance exam will be considered for normalisation. Until now, normalisation was done using marks from 18 state boards, including Jammu & Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh, as well as foreign boards such as Cambridge. There was a significant disparity in valuation between boards that were strict in awarding marks and Kerala, which was more liberal. As a result, students from Kerala who scored high marks were ranked lower in the entrance exam. The new system aims to address this issue. It is being implemented based on the recommendations of a committee comprising statistics experts.