The following are the criteria given by State Council for Technical (SCTE), Nagaland for promotion of students from lower term to higher term:

1. Students having back papers of more than 6(six) subjects in semester I and II shall not be allowed to continue to take admission in Semester III. Similarly, students having back papers more than 6 (six) subjects from semester I t to IV will not be allowed to continue to take admission in Semester V.
2. Students been barred to take admission because of the above said condition will be re-admitted once they clear the back papers and only when such semester are made available.
3. Students shall be granted a maximum period of 6 (six) years only to complete Diploma courses.
4. No student would be allowed to move to the next higher term without taking semester admission in the lower term.
5. No students will be allowed to take admission to higher term without appearing any of the subjects in the lower term. Such students have to be re-admitted to that particular term along with junior batch.