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  • ‘98% candidates will get CUET exam centre in their chosen city’: UGC Chairman

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: As anxious students raised grievances of admit cards being released late for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) UG 2022, the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Tuesday said at least 98 per cent candidates appearing for the exam will be allotted the exam centres in the city of their choice.

    The UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar also announced that the admit cards for Phase II students of the exam for admission to undergraduate programmes would be issued on July 31, 2022.

    The National Testing Agency (NTA), which was to release the admit cards for the CUET UG for phase 1 students on Tuesday evening, didn’t announce it till the time of going to press.  

    Kumar said the admit cards had been released four days before the examination due to security reasons and to avoid malpractice.

    Students should not get worried, he said in a video statement.

    The NTA will conduct the exam between July 15 and August 20 in different examination centres located in 500 cities across India and ten cities outside India.

    “Over 14 lakh candidates have registered for the exam, which will be conducted across 500 cities. It is a mammoth task, and NTA is a professional exam conducting body. The students should not get worried,” Kumar said.

    He said as the NTA has already issued the city intimation slip for candidates of both phases, there is no need for any anxiety.

    “I urge the students not to panic about it because nearly 97 percent to 98 percent of candidates will get their choice of the city, and only about two per cent of candidates may not get their choice of the city, but they will surely get a second choice of their city,” he said.

    The NTA had earlier announced that registered candidates could download their admit cards and city intimation slips from the official CUET UG website – cuet.samarth.ac.in.

    On Monday, the NTA released a city intimation slip for registered candidates that provides the name of the city in which the candidate will have to take the CUET-UG along with the date (or dates) of the exam. 

    This is the first time NTA is conducting the CUET for admission to undergraduate programmes. 

    Nearly 14,90,000 candidates have registered for CUET UG 2022, of which 8,10,000 have been allotted Phase I and 6,80,000 have been taken in Phase II of the CUET-UG 2022 exam. 

  • UGC extends CUET (UG)-2022 application deadline to May 31 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday announced the extension of application deadline for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG till May 31.

    Over 11.5 lakh candidates have already registered for the test.

    “In view of representations received from candidates regarding giving them an opportunity to submit their online application form for CUET (UG)-2022, we have decided to keep the application process open again from May 27 till May 31,” UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said.

    The UGC chief had in March announced that CUET scores, and not Class 12 marks, would be mandatory for admission to 45 central universities, and that the central universities can fix their minimum eligibility criteria.

  • Over 10,000 MBBS aspirants write to National Testing Agency demanding postponement of NEET

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Over 10,000 MBBS aspirants have written to the National Testing Agency (NTA) demanding that the medical entrance exam NEET be postponed as its scheduled date is too close to other competitive exams.

    The crucial exam is scheduled to be held on July 17 this year. In the letter, the MBBS aspirants said the date for this year’s National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) has been announced, even though counselling for last year’s exam hasn’t finished.

    “Many NEET aspirants and droppers from 2021 waited till the mop-up round of NEET 2021 counselling in the hope of getting a medical seat but didn’t get one. The mop up round ended in the first week of April… in many states, state counselling is not finished till now,” it said.

    “This year, many students could not calculate their percentage of getting a seat due to the changed reservation policy in NEET 2021 counselling and suddenly after three days, NTA announced on April 6 that NEET 2022 will be conducted on 17 July 2022,” the letter read.

    It said umpteen droppers and freshers will not get enough time to prepare for NEET. Last year’s exam was initially scheduled for August 1 but was postponed to September 12 due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    “Also, CUET is scheduled for 1st and 2nd weeks of July and JEE mains second attempt is scheduled from 21 July 2022. In between NEET on 17 July will be a great burden for students. Pursuing MBBS is a dream of lakhs of students and the emotions of their parents and teachers are connected therewith. But due to this declaration of premature dates, they are starting to give up on their dreams. Please allocate them an adequate amount of time so that they can prepare well for the exam,” the letter stated.

    The Supreme Court had last week dismissed petitions seeking postponement of the 2022 NEET-Post Graduate examinations, saying any change to the May 21 date “will create chaos and uncertainty and deficiency of doctors in hospitals”.

  • CUET exemption likely for Meghalaya students: CM Conrad K Sangma

    CUET scores have been made mandatory for admission to undergraduate courses at 45 central varsities from the 2022-23 academic session.

  • Edu-tech start-up offers free doubt-solving sessions for CUET aspirants

    By Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: Quantel.in, an education technology start-up, has launched a free five-day online campaign to help young students understand the nuances of Common University Entrance Test (CUET) and address their concerns.The University Grants Commission (UGC) had on March 21 announced that central universities across the country would admit undergraduate students solely based on CUET, beginning with the 2022-23 academic year.Top rankers of Delhi University-Joint Admission Test (DU-JAT) and Integrated Program in Management Aptitude Test (IPMAT) would share their ‘success mantra’ and hold free doubt-solving sessions for students seeking to crack CUET for undergraduate courses at 45 central universities and a few private, deemed-to-be universities.Among the top rankers, who would act as mentors, are the students currently enrolled in DU’s prestigious institutions, top IIMs like IIM-Indore and other leading central universities like Banaras Hindu University.Also, a former chairman of UGC and other subject experts would take sessions to dispel doubts about the aptitude test and subject test in the new admission test.The edu-tech start-up is interacting with the aspirants every day from 7-9 pm using Google Meet Platform and providing answers via one-to-one live video.“Studying from home has taken on a new significance in the upcoming board exam schedule. Since the CBSE class 12 boards begin in April, several platforms offer free online courses, but only a few are available to help students resolve their doubts on time,” said Ullas MS, one of the core team members.According to him, Quantel.in is a one-stop mentoring platform for students and job seekers to receive live mentorship sessions from industry experts. They have concentrated on real-time enquiry response, which was ranked as the top challenge for India’s education technology enterprises in a 2017 Google-KPMG survey.”We have mentored over 10,000 career aspirants from India and partnered with over 250 educational institutions to advance the live mentorship concept. Our goal is to ensure that students do not lose motivation as a result of the rigorous examination schedule for class 12 boards and CUET,” Ullas explained.The team has also scheduled three-hour mentoring workshops to reveal the tips and tricks every weekend, beginning at 9 am. For all exam-related queries, Team Quantel can be reached on the WhatsApp number +91-7303374274.