New Delhi Delhi University officials on Friday informed that Benchmark Disabled (PwBD) candidates appearing for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2022 will be given additional time during the examination.
this is the first time, Delhi University Will take admission through CUET. Till last year, Delhi University admitted students on the basis of cut-off marks in class 12 board exams.
The CUET exam will be conducted in four parts- Section IA (13 languages), Section IB (20 languages), Section II (27 domain specific subjects) and Section III (General Test).
While addressing a webinar, Hanit GandhiDean (Admissions) informed PwBD (i.e. persons with benchmark disability of 40 percent or more) that candidates having physical limitations of writing including speed will be allowed the facility to use the services of only one writer.
He said that for general candidates, 45 minutes each will be given for Sections 1A and 1B of the test. However, for PWBD candidate additional 15 minutes will be given for each section.
Similarly, for Section II, an additional 15 minutes will be given for each domain-specific topic.
“For Section III, which is a general examination, a general candidate will be given 60 minutes, but PWBD Candidates20 minutes extra will be allotted,” Gandhi said.
She was addressing a webinar organized by DU to sensitize the students about the provisions and policies of PWBD candidates. He said that CUET (UG)-2022 will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.
Gandhi also informed that the National Testing Agency (NTA) has extended the application deadline for the registration of Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2022 till 22 May 2022.
He also apprised the students about the process of registration in CUET, enabling provisions and required certificates and other aspects.
CUET has been made mandatory for admission in all central universities from this year.
CUET will be conducted in two shifts. In the first shift, candidates will be able to write one language, two domain-specific papers and a common test. In the second shift, candidates can write the remaining four domain-specific topics and Section 1B.
A candidate can appear for CUET in a maximum of six subjects out of which one should be a language subject.
After the declaration of CUET result, the e-counseling will be done by the university. Candidates will have the option to choose the colleges of their choice and on the basis of their marks, they will be given colleges.