(1) The eligibility criteria for admission to a private technical, vocational or professional educational institution shall be such, as may be determined and notified by the State Government from time to time.
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH PRIVATE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL 5 INSTITUTIONS (REGULATION OF ADMISSION AND FIXATION OF FEE) ACT, 2008
(2) The State Government may get a common entrance test conducted or adopt merit of any other all India level competitive examination for admission to each such educational course. However, in case of Industrial Training Institute or Industrial Training Centre and Vocational Training Centre, the State Government may go by merit obtained in the qualifying examination.
(3) The admission shall be made on the basis of common entrance test or any other all India level examination in accordance with merit in each category as per rules and by way of centralized receipt of applications, and by making centralized counseling of such students in all the categories for each technical course, in a fair and transparent manner in accordance with the manner and procedure as may be determined by the State Government from time to time.