CUET-UG to be conducted from May 21-31 next year

The second edition of the Common University Entrance Test CUETUG will be conducted from May 21 to 31 next year the National Testing Agency NTA announced on FridayThe undergraduate admission process in universities will be completed by July 2023 and the new academic session can begin on August 1 next yearThe University Grants Commission UGC in March last year announced that undergraduate admissions will be conducted in all central universities through a common entrance test and not on the basis of class 12 marksAccording to UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar the application process for the CUETUG will start in the first week of February 2023The number of subjects and pattern of question papers will remain the same A candidate can take as many as 6 domain subjects in addition to one or two languages and the General Test The test would be conducted in the following languagesAssamese Bengali English Gujarati Hindi Kannada Malayalam Marathi Odia Punjabi Tamil Telugu and Urdu he saidKumar said the NTA is working on preparing 1000 test centres across the country out of which 450 500 centres will be used per dayThe dates for the CUETPG are also expected to be announced next weekAlso Read CUETUG results to be announced by 10 pm tonight UGC Chairman Jagadesh KumarCUETPG is expected to be held in the first or second week of June 2023 Results of CUETUG are planned to be announced in the third week of June 2023 and those of CUETPG in the first week of July 2023 With the decided schedule of CUETUG and CUETPG universities can complete their admission process by the end of July 2023 and begin the academic sessions by August 1 2023 Kumar saidThe debut edition of CUETUG began in July last year and was marred with glitches prompting the NTA to cancel exams at multiple centres While several students were informed about cancellation a night before the exam many of them were turned away from centres citing cancellationsKumar had then said the exam at certain centres have been cancelled following reports of sabotageWith 149 lakh registrations the CUET the common gateway for undergraduate admissions in all central universities is now the second biggest entrance exam in the country surpassing JEEMains average registration of nine lakhNEETUG is the biggest entrance test in India with an average of 18 lakh registrations While JEEMains is a Computer Based Test CBT conducted twice a year NEET is conducted in pen and paper modeResponding to a written question in Parliament earlier this week Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar had denied that the crucial exam delayed the academic calendar in central universities last yearThe scale of the test was huge and some difficulties were faced by the students due to technical and geoclimatic reasons and the test was rescheduled in such cases However the overall process was managed successfullyThere is no information that CUET has adversely affected studies and it has resulted in cost escalation of graduation rather the students were able to apply to more than one university with a single form and fee This has resulted in saving on the cost and effort needed to secure admission in the universities the minister had saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever