Kerala plus one, VHSE admissions now open: Apply online by May 20

Applications can be submitted online till May 20, 2025, for admission to the Higher Secondary Programmes and Higher Secondary (Vocational) Programs in Kerala under the Directorate of General Education, Kerala.

The Higher Secondary Course comes under the Higher Secondary Wing and Higher Secondary (Vocational) Course, under the VHSE Wing of the Directorate of General Education

Those taking admission to the Higher Secondary Programmes have to study 6 subjects. All students have to study English and an additional language. The other 4 subjects can be decided from among the 45 combinations specified in the Prospectus available at https://hscap.kerala.gov.in/

Of this, 9 combinations are in the science stream, 32 in the humanities stream and 4 in the commerce stream. The details of schools and the combinations available at each institution are also given on the website. The procedure for submission of application and other details are available at https://www.hscap.kerala.gov.in/

For the Higher Secondary (Vocational) Course, students have to study 6 subjects, of which English and Entrepreneurship Development are compulsory for all students. The remaining 4 subjects will include a skill/vocational subject and 3 non-vocational subjects.

The combinations of the 4 subjects have been classified into 4 groups with the following non-vocational subjects: Group A – Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics; Group B – Physics, Chemistry, Biology; Group C – History, Geography, Economics; and Group D – Accountancy, Business Studies, Management. There are 17 skill course options available in Group A, 20 in Group B, 1 in Group C and 5 in Group D, from which students have to study one. Details are given in the Prospectus at https://www.vhscap.kerala.gov.in/

The details of schools and the combinations available at each institution for Higher Secondary (Vocational) are also given on the website. The procedure for submission of application and other details are available at https://www.hscap.kerala.gov.in/

Applications can be submitted online at the respective websites, at the latest, by May 20, 2025. The procedure for submission of application is given in the prospectus/website. Applicants can choose choices of institution-subject combinations as per their priority while submitting applications.

Trial allotment will be published before the first allotment.

More details on the allotment process are given in the concerned prospectus.