No delay in academic calendar or adverse impact on studies due to CUET: Education Ministry

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the debut edition of CUET for approximately 14,90,293 candidates. The candidates applied for 54,555 unique combinations of subjects across 90 universities.

Pointing out the vast scale of CUET, Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar said that the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) has not delayed the academic calendar in central universities. Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, he further added that some difficulties were faced by students due to technical and geo-climatic reasons and the test was rescheduled in such cases.

Congress leader Deepak Baij asked Sarkar in Lok Sabha that whether the students this year had to face a delay in admission to central universities, eventually pushing back the commencement of the academic year. He alleged that the delay was caused due to frequent cancellations of CUET.

"There 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 said.

"The scale of the test was huge and some difficulties were faced by the students due to technical and geo-climatic reasons and the test was rescheduled in such cases. However, the overall process was managed successfully. In the University of Delhi, the classes this year started earlier than last year," Sarkar said.

The ministry has formed a committee of experts comprising professors of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and central universities has been constituted to suggest improvements, the minister said. The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the debut edition of CUET for approximately 14,90,293 candidates. The candidates applied for 54,555 unique combinations of subjects across 90 universities.

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