UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar said that CUET has been organized twice. Based on these experiences, preparations have started for the next year. Now review meetings have also started regarding CUET. There will be necessary changes for student interests. The schedule for the next year’s exam may be released by November. Along with this, UGC is getting suggestions that after the end of the board exams in April, CUET should start and the exam should be completed in May. He said that CUET has been conducted twice and preparations have started for the next year on the basis of these experiences. Review meetings have now started regarding CUET. According to the UGC chairman, the examination system will definitely be made more student friendly next year. The schedule for the next year’s exam may be released by November. Also, according to the suggestions being received by the UGC, the CUET should start after the board exams are over in April and the exams should be completed in May. The ‘Equi Percentile’ method for normalization of CUET-UG scores has been in use across the world for decades and is a fair system. He said that luck has no role in this system and the entire system is transparent.
Exam will be held in more cities
Sources say that many types of suggestions are coming forward regarding the improvement in the examination. In this, examination is also organized in maximum cities. This time this examination has been conducted in a total of 295 cities in the country and abroad. Students living in far-flung areas find it difficult to take the exam, keeping this in mind next time efforts will be made to set up exam centers in more cities so that students living in rural areas do not have to travel too far for the exam. Had to go Along with this, there will also be a review regarding the exam centers, where problems have come, a decision will be taken regarding those centers. This time the exam has been conducted in 9 phases, 34 days and 93 shifts. This time limit will definitely be reduced. Apart from this, a student gets a chance to give papers of 10 subjects and this issue is also under review. It will be seen that the maximum number of subjects a student will need to appear for admission and accordingly the guidelines will be amended.
What will be the benefit to the students?
If the CUET exam is completed in May and results are out by June 15, it will be of great benefit to the students. Actually, on the basis of CUET score, now admissions are being done in graduation courses in the university, but due to the release of results by July 15, many students take admission in other universities. It is difficult for them when their name comes in any university on the basis of CUET score. If the CUET result comes out about a month earlier, it will make it easier for the students to choose the university and course of their choice. Also, there will be no problems of withdrawal and refund of fees from one place. Along with this, the exam centers should increase and more cities should be selected.