Students of class 12 marks below 60% can be enough for merchant Navy?

How many marks on merchant navy in class 12

Hi Ankita Shiwani !

For the officer grade, it is mandatory to have at least 50% marks in English and an aggregate of 60% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. As far as the ratings are concerned, the requirements are different with the requirement set at 40% marks in English in Xth and XIIth and a 40% aggregate in Xth or XIIth with English, Mathematics and Sciences in Xth and any stream for the XIIth board. The same applies to those wishing to join the catering department on ship.

Hello Ankita ,



Merchant navy in India is quite promising . With a huge bucket of salary , if you are interested to go around on ships in the ocean for months together it is an excellent opportunity . The heavy traded goods to the international market are increasing day by day , so is the number of ships . Hence you get a wide range of opportunity . This field can be joined through various courses depending on your preferences . The optimum level for joining the course starts from class 10 to graduation .



Eligibility criteria :

• As per your query below 60%  marks in 12 th probably won't get you qualified for a seat . Basically the the minimum marks required ranges from 55%- 70% depending on colleges . So to be on the safe side and to go for the best colleges you have to score marks above 60% .
  
  
  

The minimum qualifications : PCM in 12th boards



Fields :

B.tech in marine engineering

B.sc in nautical science

B.tech in harbour and ocean engineering

B.tech ship building

Marine catering

Electro Technical officer course

B.tech naval architecture and offshore engineering



For entry to the various fields you have to qualify extence exams at various levels . Some of the major entrance exams include IMU CET , JEE advanced , TMISAT , MERI Entrance exam .

Apart from entrance there are even few colleges who place candidates on mark basis that is 12th board marks or percentage .



Duration : 4.5 years with a average salary of 10, 00000 per anum .



I hope the information has been helpful to solve your query . For any further information please feel free to ask .

All the best

Thank you.