Ajit Karn
According to officials, at least 168 universities have chosen the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admission to undergraduate programmes, up from 90 universities last year.
The application deadline, which is currently March 12, is also likely to be extended, as more universities are anticipated to adopt the test for admissions purposes.
The 168 universities include 44 central universities and 31 state universities, including Barkatullah University in Bhopal, the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar School of Economics in Karnataka, Cotton University in Guwahati, and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in Delhi.
“There are 27 designated universities that admit candidates to their undergraduate programmes based on CUET scores. Also participating in the common entrance test this year are sixty-six private institutions, including Bennett University, Uttar Pradesh, NIIT University, Rajasthan, and UPES, Dehradun “A senior government official stated.
The exam is scheduled to occur between May 21 and May 31.
In March of last year, the University Grants Commission (UGC) announced that admissions to undergraduate programmes at all central universities would be based on a standardised test rather than Class 12 grades.
The university admissions process for first-year students (UG) will be concluded by July 2023, and the new academic year can begin on August 1.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) was compelled to suspend the exam at multiple locations after the first administration of the CUET-UG in July 2017 was marred by technical issues. Despite the fact that several students were informed of the exam’s cancellation the night before, a large number of them were turned away from testing centres.
As a result of allegations of “sabotage,” M. Jagadesh Kumar, chairman of the University Grants Commission, cancelled the examination at certain centres.
The CUET, the common gateway for undergraduate admissions in all central institutions, is now the second largest entrance exam in the country, surpassing the JEE-average Main’s of nine lakh registrations.
The NEET-UG is the most popular entrance examination in India, with an average of 18 million registrations. The JEE-Mains is a Computer-Based Test (CBT) administered twice a year, whereas the NEET is a pen-and-paper exam.
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There were 21,159 candidates with a perfect score on the CUET-UG 2022, including 12,799 women. Twelve candidates achieved a perfect score in five subjects. With 8,236 candidates scoring a perfect score, English has the maximum number of candidates, followed by political science with 2,065 candidates and business studies with 1,666 candidates.
