While some students could log on to the website (cuet.samarth.ac.in) and get their exam schedules, many others reported that they were unable to access the data as the server could not handle the increased traffic was. Till late Monday night, no public notice regarding the release of exam schedule was uploaded on the website.
The NTA – which is conducting the exam which is the only gateway for undergraduate admissions in all central universities and several state and private universities – had announced a day ago that the subject schedule would be released on Monday, and that the admit cards would be uploaded. will start happening. From Tuesday. The exam is to be held from July 15 to August 10, for which only less than 10 lakh candidates have to appear.
Before the dates for individual candidates were made available till late night, worried students and parents were unaware about their exam centers and subject schedule. School principals said that they are getting panic calls from students. Parents were concerned about logistics and commuting issues, and the level of concern was high about how they would prepare if their children were to be tested three days later.
On June 24, NTA announced the date for the CUET-UG examinations, which are July 15, 16, 19, 20 and August 4, August 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10. Since then, no further announcements were made. sunday.
“I am appearing for domain-specific subjects for both humanities and sciences. A little clarity on when the science subject exam will be held will help me de-stress,” Anubhuti, who studied science in class XII, said on Monday afternoon. She took a gap of one year as she wanted to graduate in Humanities.
CUET is a computer-based test divided into three sections – one is language, another is domain-specific subject and then there is general aptitude test. Each of the 87 universities under CUET has a different criterion for calculating the university score.
Now that the NTA has also declared the details for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for Medical Colleges, students are in more tension. The NEET exam is to be held on July 17, for which students can download the admit card from July 12 at 11.30 am, the NTA announced on Monday.
Another student, Rachit Sinha, said that he spent most of his time on Monday checking the CUET website to know the exam schedule. “Why is it a big deal for the NTA to let us know about the programme? We can prepare accordingly. Now my worry has become that what if the exam I am preparing for is to be held at the end of August. I am very worried about the aptitude test,” said Sinha, who appeared for his board exams recently. He is a commerce student.
This batch of students is the first batch to appear for the CUET exam. He was also the first to take the Class XII board exams in two phases, the term I in November-December and the second session from April to June. During his Term II studies, he came to know that the board exam will be a qualifying test only for university admission and to get admission in most of the colleges one has to sit for CUET.
Tania Joshi, principal of The Indian School, said, “Every day students are calling us in panic and asking us what will happen as the schedule has not been announced. As we are equally ignorant, so we keep asking them to concentrate on their studies. ,
NTA Director General Vineet Joshi said that there is no delay in the examination schedule. “There is no delay as CUET-UG is starting from 15th July and candidates will get their subject-specific dates today (Monday) along with city. NEET-UG admit cards will be available tomorrow and the exam will be held on July 17. Admit cards will be issued two to four days in advance which is another security protocol adopted by NTA to keep the exam safe and secure and it is based on our past. Experience. Moreover, the registration window of these competitive exams was reopened several times due to the demand of the candidates and also keeping in mind that this is the first time that CUET is being conducted.
As per the admit card issuance pattern, for the first session of JEE Main, the admit card was issued on June 21, when the exams were scheduled to begin from June 23.
However, parents say that when the CUET exam is spread over several days, how will security be ensured for the exams to be held on the subsequent days?
“My son is appearing for at least nine exams, so if I understand it correctly, the exam will be spread over several days and it will be in the same center, so how can that delay be justified due to security reasons? Is. Is there any guarantee that NTA can provide that we will get our first priority center? We have to plan the travel and visit the centers before the exam. Since this exam decides the future of our children, we need to be prepared for it. Keeping in view the monsoon in our parts of the country, we have to be prepared,” said Romit Roy, a father whose nearest examination center would be Siliguri as first preference, and then Jalpaiguri or Malda.
The exam is being conducted in 544 cities of India.