Under the National Testing Agency (NTA), admission to all Under Graduate (UG) programs in all central universities will be done through the Central University Common Admission Test (CUCET) from 2022, the education ministry said in its year-end review of the Higher education Department.
“This exam will test conceptual understanding and ability to apply knowledge and will aim at eliminating the need to take coaching for these exams. This process will reduce the burden on students, universities and colleges and the entire education system.”
CUCET – a common test – for admission to central universities. Last year, many universities including DU were planning to consider CUCET as a major gateway for admission this year.
Even though it was one of the ‘corrective’ steps suggested under the National Policy on Education (NEP) 2020, The entrance exam was considered controversial, There was also a debate about CUCET, where many academics claimed that the exam could be for the upper class and would promote a coaching culture.
Expressing his concern over this, Rajesh Jha, a former member of the Executive Council of DU, said that CUCET PRO IS ELITE CLASS and would exclude regional students and indicate that it would not be inclusive.
Jha had tweeted, “Centralized examination system like CUCET will bias in favor of upper class and upper caste and adverse to those studying in their mother tongue. Those who have access to coaching and better resources will dominate. A good admissions policy should be inclusive.”
Even DU candidates had called Exam “hypocrisy” Since the board exams have been canceled and conducting CUCET would mean lakhs of students appearing for the written exam, increasing the chances of a third wave of covid. However, the exam was postponed to 2021. Now, the ministry has confirmed that the exam will be conducted this year.
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The ministry’s year-end report also talked about other initiatives like SWAYAM, which has been called offshore courses to Institute of Eminence (IOE), Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme (CSIS) and Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Education Loan (CGFSEL). ) was launched to enable it to offer An Act has been passed by the Parliament in the Monsoon session and notified on July 13, 2021, to establish the Central University of Ladakh, a Special Scholarship Scheme for J&K, Higher Education Financing Agency, Indus Central University of Ladakh.
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