Tag: CUET-UG exam

  • NTA aims to announce CUET-UG exam result within 10 days of last exam: UGC chief

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is ‘targeting” to declare the CUET-UG exam result within 10 days of the last exam date, said Prof M. Jagadish Kumar.

    The sixth and final phase of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG 202, which began July 15, will finally end on August 30. The final phase, which was scheduled because exams were cancelled due to technical glitches, began on August 24.

    “We are targeting to announce the CUET-UG results within 10 days of the last exam,” Kumar told this newspaper when asked when the results of the debut CUET-UG will be announced.  

    He also said that the exams held on August 24 and 25 “went off well” on both the days.

    According to officials, the NTA is expected to declare the CUET-UG 2022 results online in the form of a scorecard.

    Candidates can download their CUET 2022 scorecard from the official website – cuet.samarth.ac.in once it is released.

    The CUET-UG exam was earlier slated to end on August 20. However, due to repeated technical glitches, administrative and logistical problems, especially during the second phase of the exam held from August 4 to 6), led to cancellations.

    The exam is being conducted at 489 exam centers located in 259 cities across India and 10 cities outside India. Over 14 lakh candidates are expected to appear for the CUET exam, the common gateway for undergraduate admissions in all central universities.

    Of the total 14.9 lakh candidates, a total of 2.49 lakh candidates appeared for CUET-UG in the first phase (July 15,16,19 and 20), while 1.91 lakh students appeared in the second phase (August 4,5 and 6) and 1.91 lakh during the third phase held on August 7, 8 and 10.

    In the fourth phase, which was held on August 17,18 and 20, 3.72 students appeared for the exam, while in the fifth phase (August 21,22 and 23), 2.36 lakh students appeared for the exam. In the last phase, 2.86 lakh students are set to take the exam scheduled for August 24,25, 26 and 30.

    A total of 44 central universities, 12 state universities, 11 deemed universities, and 19 private universities have applied to participate in the CUET for UG admissions in the 2022-23 academic session.

    NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is ‘targeting” to declare the CUET-UG exam result within 10 days of the last exam date, said Prof M. Jagadish Kumar.

    The sixth and final phase of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG 202, which began July 15, will finally end on August 30. The final phase, which was scheduled because exams were cancelled due to technical glitches, began on August 24.

    “We are targeting to announce the CUET-UG results within 10 days of the last exam,” Kumar told this newspaper when asked when the results of the debut CUET-UG will be announced.  

    He also said that the exams held on August 24 and 25 “went off well” on both the days.

    According to officials, the NTA is expected to declare the CUET-UG 2022 results online in the form of a scorecard.

    Candidates can download their CUET 2022 scorecard from the official website – cuet.samarth.ac.in once it is released.

    The CUET-UG exam was earlier slated to end on August 20. However, due to repeated technical glitches, administrative and logistical problems, especially during the second phase of the exam held from August 4 to 6), led to cancellations.

    The exam is being conducted at 489 exam centers located in 259 cities across India and 10 cities outside India. Over 14 lakh candidates are expected to appear for the CUET exam, the common gateway for undergraduate admissions in all central universities.

    Of the total 14.9 lakh candidates, a total of 2.49 lakh candidates appeared for CUET-UG in the first phase (July 15,16,19 and 20), while 1.91 lakh students appeared in the second phase (August 4,5 and 6) and 1.91 lakh during the third phase held on August 7, 8 and 10.

    In the fourth phase, which was held on August 17,18 and 20, 3.72 students appeared for the exam, while in the fifth phase (August 21,22 and 23), 2.36 lakh students appeared for the exam. In the last phase, 2.86 lakh students are set to take the exam scheduled for August 24,25, 26 and 30.

    A total of 44 central universities, 12 state universities, 11 deemed universities, and 19 private universities have applied to participate in the CUET for UG admissions in the 2022-23 academic session.

  • Technical glitches persist on day-2 of CUET-UG phase-2 exams

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: For the second consecutive day, harried students and parents had a tough time when many CUET-UG centres cancelled exams due to technical glitches.

    Students in Noida, adjoining Delhi, were the worst affected, with the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelling the exam in the Noida examination centre. Many took to social media to share the notice NTA put up in front of the centres. The notice said, “It is regretted that due to technical/logistics reasons, the CUET (UG) exam scheduled at the centre on August 5 is postponed to August 12.”

    For students and parents, already stressed out due to the exam and travelling long distances to the centre, it was worse when they had to brave the rain for two hours before being turned away as the exam was cancelled at the last minute.

    The testing agency said that the first shift of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-Undergraduate exam was carried out smoothly at 95 per cent of the centres across the country, despite students posting anxious messages for NTA on Twitter about the exam being cancelled at their centres.

    In Noida, many students said their exam was cancelled in both the morning and afternoon slots. In Greater Noida, many students complained that their exam started late by half an hour due to technical glitches. In some other centres, students said during the exam also their system was not working properly and it was hanging, thus slowing the process.

    One of the students at the Noida centre said he had come to the examination centre two hours before the exam. “But when it was time for us to take the exam, we were informed that it had been cancelled due to technical glitches. It was such a waste of time. They could have informed us on time. We are already under so much stress because of the exam,” the student said.

    Another student said that they had to brave the rain and didn’t want to leave the centre till they got the NTA notification about the exam being cancelled.

    A student, who had travelled a distance of 50 km, shared that they were not allowed to carry water bottles, and when they asked for water during the exam, they were told to fetch it from the water cooler. “I had to get up to get water as I was very thirsty.”

    Another student added that the exam was easy, and it was the only saving grace after the early morning anxious moment when they were told that their examination centre was changed. “I was on the verge of tears. My parents panicked too when we were told my centre was not in Paschim Vihar but in Jahangirpuri, which was 30 km away. Somehow, we managed to reach on time,” she added.

    “Wasn’t the CUET supposed to make the UG admissions process simpler?,” asked another student on Twitter.

    NTA said they would release the admit cards soon for the remaining exams scheduled from August 7, as many students urged the testing agency to release the admit cards.

    The second phase of CUET-UG had a rocky start on Thursday as technical and administrative issues forced the NTA to cancel the second shift exam across all 489 centres and postpone the first shift at 29 centres in 17 states. These exams will be conducted on August 12.

    The NTA has also postponed the CUET-UG in Kerala, scheduled for August 4, 5 and 6, due to heavy rains and said fresh dates would be announced later.

    Around 6.8 lakh candidates will appear for CUET phase 2 exams.

    The phase I exams were conducted on July 15, 16, 19 and 20, and the second phase exams are slated for August 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 20. The first phase saw 76.48 per cent attendance, while as many as 58,909 candidates missed it.

    According to the University Grants Commission (UGC), over 14 lakh registrations have been made for the entrance exam, a gateway to undergraduate courses in 90 universities across India.

    NEW DELHI: For the second consecutive day, harried students and parents had a tough time when many CUET-UG centres cancelled exams due to technical glitches.

    Students in Noida, adjoining Delhi, were the worst affected, with the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelling the exam in the Noida examination centre. Many took to social media to share the notice NTA put up in front of the centres. The notice said, “It is regretted that due to technical/logistics reasons, the CUET (UG) exam scheduled at the centre on August 5 is postponed to August 12.”

    For students and parents, already stressed out due to the exam and travelling long distances to the centre, it was worse when they had to brave the rain for two hours before being turned away as the exam was cancelled at the last minute.

    The testing agency said that the first shift of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-Undergraduate exam was carried out smoothly at 95 per cent of the centres across the country, despite students posting anxious messages for NTA on Twitter about the exam being cancelled at their centres.

    In Noida, many students said their exam was cancelled in both the morning and afternoon slots. In Greater Noida, many students complained that their exam started late by half an hour due to technical glitches. In some other centres, students said during the exam also their system was not working properly and it was hanging, thus slowing the process.

    One of the students at the Noida centre said he had come to the examination centre two hours before the exam. “But when it was time for us to take the exam, we were informed that it had been cancelled due to technical glitches. It was such a waste of time. They could have informed us on time. We are already under so much stress because of the exam,” the student said.

    Another student said that they had to brave the rain and didn’t want to leave the centre till they got the NTA notification about the exam being cancelled.

    A student, who had travelled a distance of 50 km, shared that they were not allowed to carry water bottles, and when they asked for water during the exam, they were told to fetch it from the water cooler. “I had to get up to get water as I was very thirsty.”

    Another student added that the exam was easy, and it was the only saving grace after the early morning anxious moment when they were told that their examination centre was changed. “I was on the verge of tears. My parents panicked too when we were told my centre was not in Paschim Vihar but in Jahangirpuri, which was 30 km away. Somehow, we managed to reach on time,” she added.

    “Wasn’t the CUET supposed to make the UG admissions process simpler?,” asked another student on Twitter.

    NTA said they would release the admit cards soon for the remaining exams scheduled from August 7, as many students urged the testing agency to release the admit cards.

    The second phase of CUET-UG had a rocky start on Thursday as technical and administrative issues forced the NTA to cancel the second shift exam across all 489 centres and postpone the first shift at 29 centres in 17 states. These exams will be conducted on August 12.

    The NTA has also postponed the CUET-UG in Kerala, scheduled for August 4, 5 and 6, due to heavy rains and said fresh dates would be announced later.

    Around 6.8 lakh candidates will appear for CUET phase 2 exams.

    The phase I exams were conducted on July 15, 16, 19 and 20, and the second phase exams are slated for August 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 20. The first phase saw 76.48 per cent attendance, while as many as 58,909 candidates missed it.

    According to the University Grants Commission (UGC), over 14 lakh registrations have been made for the entrance exam, a gateway to undergraduate courses in 90 universities across India.

  • August 4 CUET-UG exam rescheduled due to technical glitches

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The first day of the phase two CUET-UG exam was a total washout, with thousands of anxious students sent back home without taking the crucial exam due to technical glitches at most of the examination centres across India.

    The National Testing Agency (NTA) later declared that the examination in both the first slot (in the morning) and the second slot (in the afternoon) were cancelled and announced new dates for the Central University Entrance Test undergraduate (CUET-UG) exams, a gateway to undergraduate courses in 90 universities.

    The technical glitches were, however, reported from all 489 examination centres in the afternoon shift, forcing NTA to cancel the exam across India. The reason was that the general test paper was uploaded late. Instead of 3 pm, the exam paper was uploaded after 5 pm. The exam gets over at 6 pm.

    While the postponed exam of the first shift will be conducted on August 12, that of the second shift has now been slotted from August 12-14.

    The news of the cancellation began early in the morning when the testing agency announced that exams in Kerala have been cancelled due to rains. The exam scheduled for August 4,5 and 6 has been postponed and fresh dates will be announced later on NTA website.

    Soon after, several centres in the morning announced that the exam had been cancelled due to server issues. Students flooded social media complaining that they couldn’t complete their exams due to technical glitches and would have to take the exam again.

    Many students also shared that they were not informed beforehand and only got to know when they reached the examination centres in the morning that their exam had been postponed.

    As more and more centres in the day reported technical glitches, NTA in the evening announced cancellation of the exam.

    In a public notice, the testing agency said, “Due to various administrative and technical reasons, the CUET (UG) – 2022 examination scheduled for August 4 August 2022 (first shift) has been postponed to 12 August 2022 for a few examination centres.”

    The exam was cancelled in 29 examination centres in 17 states and union territory.

    In Tamil Nadu the exam was cancelled in five centres – Coimbatore, Dindigul, Tiruvarur, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar – while in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, exams in four cities each were called off. Exams were also postponed in two cities each in Arunachal Pradesh (Namsari and Pasighat) and Uttar Pradesh (Noida and Varanasi). It was cancelled in Delhi too.

    The NTA added that further, because of technical reasons, the question paper for the second shift of the examination could only be uploaded at 5 pm and the download at 489 centres could start at 5:25 pm, while the exam was scheduled to begin from 3 pm.

    “Reports were asked from the observers /city coordinators on ground. Based on their recommendations, the second shift scheduled for 04 August 2022 (shift 2) (from 3pm to 6 pm) is cancelled and the same will now be conducted between 12 to 14 August 2022,” the NTA announced.

    It added that the same admit card will be valid for the concerned candidates whose examinations have been postponed.

    It also said that in case the August 12-14 dates are not suitable, the candidates can send an e-mail to [email protected] mentioning their desired date and roll number.

    Meanwhile, the candidates are also advised to be in touch with the NTA website(s) www.nta.ac.in and https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/ for the latest updates regarding the examination.

    NTA is conducting the debut CUET UG – 2022 exams from July 15 2022 to August 20 at 489 examination centres located in approximately 259 cities across India and nine cities outside India. Around 6,80,000 candidates are appearing in the second phase.

    NEW DELHI: The first day of the phase two CUET-UG exam was a total washout, with thousands of anxious students sent back home without taking the crucial exam due to technical glitches at most of the examination centres across India.

    The National Testing Agency (NTA) later declared that the examination in both the first slot (in the morning) and the second slot (in the afternoon) were cancelled and announced new dates for the Central University Entrance Test undergraduate (CUET-UG) exams, a gateway to undergraduate courses in 90 universities.

    The technical glitches were, however, reported from all 489 examination centres in the afternoon shift, forcing NTA to cancel the exam across India. The reason was that the general test paper was uploaded late. Instead of 3 pm, the exam paper was uploaded after 5 pm. The exam gets over at 6 pm.

    While the postponed exam of the first shift will be conducted on August 12, that of the second shift has now been slotted from August 12-14.

    The news of the cancellation began early in the morning when the testing agency announced that exams in Kerala have been cancelled due to rains. The exam scheduled for August 4,5 and 6 has been postponed and fresh dates will be announced later on NTA website.

    Soon after, several centres in the morning announced that the exam had been cancelled due to server issues. Students flooded social media complaining that they couldn’t complete their exams due to technical glitches and would have to take the exam again.

    Many students also shared that they were not informed beforehand and only got to know when they reached the examination centres in the morning that their exam had been postponed.

    As more and more centres in the day reported technical glitches, NTA in the evening announced cancellation of the exam.

    In a public notice, the testing agency said, “Due to various administrative and technical reasons, the CUET (UG) – 2022 examination scheduled for August 4 August 2022 (first shift) has been postponed to 12 August 2022 for a few examination centres.”

    The exam was cancelled in 29 examination centres in 17 states and union territory.

    In Tamil Nadu the exam was cancelled in five centres – Coimbatore, Dindigul, Tiruvarur, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar – while in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, exams in four cities each were called off. Exams were also postponed in two cities each in Arunachal Pradesh (Namsari and Pasighat) and Uttar Pradesh (Noida and Varanasi). It was cancelled in Delhi too.

    The NTA added that further, because of technical reasons, the question paper for the second shift of the examination could only be uploaded at 5 pm and the download at 489 centres could start at 5:25 pm, while the exam was scheduled to begin from 3 pm.

    “Reports were asked from the observers /city coordinators on ground. Based on their recommendations, the second shift scheduled for 04 August 2022 (shift 2) (from 3pm to 6 pm) is cancelled and the same will now be conducted between 12 to 14 August 2022,” the NTA announced.

    It added that the same admit card will be valid for the concerned candidates whose examinations have been postponed.

    It also said that in case the August 12-14 dates are not suitable, the candidates can send an e-mail to [email protected] mentioning their desired date and roll number.

    Meanwhile, the candidates are also advised to be in touch with the NTA website(s) www.nta.ac.in and https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/ for the latest updates regarding the examination.

    NTA is conducting the debut CUET UG – 2022 exams from July 15 2022 to August 20 at 489 examination centres located in approximately 259 cities across India and nine cities outside India. Around 6,80,000 candidates are appearing in the second phase.