CUET Will Provide Level Playing Field To Students From All Boards and UGC Chairman
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The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) will neither make the board exams irrelevant nor give a push to "coaching culture", University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said on Tuesday, asserting that students from state boards will not be at a disadvantage in the undergraduate admissions process.
The National Testing Agency (NTA), which is responsible for conducting the exams, will consider conducting the The Common University Entrance Test (CUET)twice a year"To begin with CUET will be conducted once this year but NTA will consider conducting the exam at least twice a year from next session. The entrance exam will not just be limited to Central Universities but also private varsities. Several prominent private universities have indicated that they would like to come on board and admit students through The Common University Entrance Test (CUET)," he said.
"Eight deemed-to-be universities including the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and Jamia Hamdard have also expressed a desire to use The Common University Entrance Test (CUET)scores to admit students to undergraduate course. I held a meeting yesterday with vice chancellors and directors of these eight deemed universities which receive maintenance grants from UGC," Kumar said. He, however, did not name the private universities who have expressed interest in adopting The Common University Entrance Test (CUET).
Kumar had last week announced that The Common University Entrance Test (CUET)scores, and not Class 12 scores, will be mandatory for admission to 45 central universities and the central universities can fix their minimum eligibility criteria.
"The universities will still use board exams as a qualifying criteria. Some universities can peg the requirement at 60 per cent, some may choose to set 70 per cent as requirement, so there is no question of board exams being made irrelevant. However, the focus on getting 100 per cent marks will definitely be reduced. Instances of a student getting 98 per cent but still not getting admission to a good college, will definitely get reduced after this," he said.
The application process for the The Common University Entrance Test (CUET)for undergraduate courses in central universities will commence from April 2. According to NTA, the CUET will provide a single-window opportunity to students seeking admission in any central university across the country. The exam will be conducted in a Computer-Based Test (CBT) Mode.
A common entrance test fro UG admissions was proposed in the new National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. In any case, the idea isn't completely new. The Focal Colleges Normal Entry Test (CUCET) was sent off in 2010 when seven recently settled Focal colleges bought into it.In 2012, the public authority attempted to stretch out this to all Focal colleges under the Training Service, however the proposition didn't take off for certain laid out colleges communicating worry over the effect it would have on the nature of understudies conceded.
Over the years, more newly set-up Central universities adopted the common entrance, but the older ones stayed away.In 2021, only 12 Central universities, including Assam University in Silchar, Central University of Gujarat, Central University of Punjab, Central University of Tamil Nadu and Central University of Jharkhand, among others, subscribed to the CUCET.
The application cycle for the The Common University Entrance Test (CUET)for college classes in focal colleges will start from April 2. As per NTA, the CUET will give a solitary window opportunity to understudies looking for confirmation in any focal college the nation over. The test will be directed in a PC Based Test (CBT) Mode.
In 2012, the public authority attempted to stretch out this to all Focal colleges under the Training Service, however the proposition didn't take off for certain laid out colleges communicating worry over the effect it would have on the nature of understudies conceded.
Throughout the long term, all the more recently set-up Focal colleges took on the normal entry, however the more established ones remained away.In 2021, just 12 Focal colleges, remembering Assam College for Silchar, Focal College of Gujarat, Focal College of Punjab, Focal College of Tamil Nadu and Focal College of Jharkhand, among others, bought into the CUCET.