Bihar ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024: Age Limit, Domicile Requirements

Parvathy Krishnakumar

Updated on - Apr 17, 2024

Bihar ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024 are set by the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB). BCECEB states all the necessary conditions that a candidate must meet in its Bihar ITICAT 2024 Eligibility Criteria.

The applicant's candidature will be cancelled if they fail to meet the eligibility criteria of ITICAT 2024 for different parameters. 

Students can visit the official website of BCECE to know the ITICAT eligibility criteria 2024. Students must check the ITICAT eligibility criteria 2024 before they apply for the exam.

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Table of Contents

• Bihar ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024
• ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024: Educational Qualifications
• Bihar ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024: Age Limit
• ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024: Domicile Requirements
• ITICAT Application Form 2024 Fee

Bihar ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024

Students must check all the conditions of the Bihar ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024 before they fill out the ITICAT application form 2024. It should be noted that the ITICAT eligibility criteria are only for those students who are appearing for the ITICAT exam 2024.

ITICAT stands for the Industrial Training Institute Competitive Admission Test. ITICAT exam is conducted for students who wish to get admitted to various ITI courses in the state of Bihar.

ITICAT is an offline test that lasts 2 hours and 15 minutes. There are 150 questions for 300 marks in the ITICAT exam 2024.

Download: Bihar ITICAT Syllabus 2024

ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024: Educational Qualifications

The candidates should meet the following educational qualifications as per the ITICAT eligibility criteria 2024 if they wish to appear for the exam. The conditions for the same are as follows.

• Candidates must have a standard 10 degree from either Bihar board or CBSE to appear for the ITICAT 2024.
• Candidates can also apply for the ITICAT exam 2024 if they are appearing for their class 10th exams.
• Students must have physics, chemistry, and mathematics as compulsory subjects in their 10th standard or SSC level.
• It is a must that students secure passing grades in the three above-mentioned subjects to appear for the ITICAT 2024.
• For non-technical applicants, a standard 10th (SSC) degree is a must as per the ITICAT eligibility criteria 2024. In addition, it is not mandatory to have science subjects for non-technical students.
• For students applying for technical courses, having an SSC degree with science subjects is a must as per the ITICAT eligibility criteria 2024.

Also Read: ITICAT Exam Pattern 2024

Bihar ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024: Age Limit

As per the Bihar ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024, a candidate should meet the following age limit condition to be eligible to sit for the ITICAT exam for 2024.

Lower Age Limit

• For most courses offered under the ITICAT, a candidate must be of at least 14 years of age (as of Aug 2024) to apply for ITICAT 2024.
• A candidate must be of at least 17 years of age if he/she is applying for the program of Mechanic Tractor/ Mechanic motor vehicle. 

Upper Age Limit

• As per the ITICAT eligibility criteria 2024, there is no upper age limit for students to apply for the test.

Also Read: ITICAT Exam Dates 2024

ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024: Domicile Requirements

ITICAT is a Bihar-exclusive exam. Therefore there are certain conditions as per the ITICAT eligibility criteria 2024 regarding the domicile norms. The conditions regarding the same are as follows.

• The students must be a citizen of India at the time of applying for the ITICAT exam 2024.

Domicile Requirements:

• The parents or husband/wife of the candidate must be residents of Bihar to apply for the ITICAT exam. 

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• The candidate must have someone (parents or husband/wife) who is a refugee in Bihar as of 1 Aug 2024.

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• Candidates' parents/husband/wife must be Bihar Government employees.

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• In case the candidates' parents or husband/wife is a central government employee, they must be posted in Bihar at the time of applying for the ITICAT exam.

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• For married female applicants, their husbands must be posted in Bihar for them to apply for the ITICAT as per the ITICAT eligibility criteria 2024.

ITICAT Application Form 2024 Fee

The ITICAT application form 2024 will be available on the official website of BCECE from Apr 5, 2024. Students can apply for the ITICAT exam by paying the application fee only after meeting the Bihar ITICAT Eligibility Criteria 2024.

The ITICAT application fee for the students is as follows.