Thiruvananthapuram: Online applications are invited for various under-graduate nursing and para-medical courses in government and private colleges in Kerala. The popular BSc Nursing course is also available.

The last date for application is 10 September. Candidates can apply for courses like BSc in The last date for application is 10 September.

The online applications have to be submitted on the website www.lbscentre.kerala.gov.in.

The application fee for General category and Socially and Educationally Backward Communities (SEBC) is Rs 600. The fee for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities is Rs 300.

The courses are for four years, but there is a rotating internship of six months for Physiotherapy and compulsory service of 12 months for Nursing course in government colleges after the completion of course.

The class 12 marks will not be considered as they are. Instead the marks of various streams (Kerala higher secondary, CBSE, CISCE, VHSE, etc) will be considered after they are normalised.

The annual fees for the courses in government colleges is Rs 20,000.

LBS, an autonomous institution under the state government, accepts the applications and calculates the ranking.

Address: LBS Centre for Science and Technology,Nandavanam,Thiruvananthapuram – 695033. Ph: 0471 2560363/364.