The first day of the first phase of the Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET-UG) began relatively smoothly, but significant delays in the second and third slots were reported from several exam centers in Delhi-NCR. technical reason”.
Students and parents started queuing up at exam centers from 6 am on a sunny Sunday as the first slot was to begin at 8.30 am, requiring students to reach at least two hours in advance. The exam is scheduled in three slots from 8.30 am to 6.30 pm.
However, at some centres, the second and third slots, which were to end at 2:30 pm and 6:30 pm respectively, ran till late evening and went on till 8 pm.
Amidst the tracing of test centers and a delay of about two-three hours in the second and third slot exams at several centres, including Rohini and Shakti Nagar in Greater Noida and North-West Delhi, students appearing in both the slots had to take the exam . wait longer.
Aditya Kumar, a student from Delhi, raised the issue on social media with the National Testing Agency (NTA) posting a picture of a notice pasted outside the examination center in Rohini, which read, “CUET-UG 3r shift exam There will be entry of the candidate in Will be taken at 7 pm. Shift 2 is delayed due to some technical issue.”
“How can this be tolerated?? Students are in confusion due to this and facing a lot of problems and parents are also suffering from such activities.. Is this the reality of Digital India @DG_NTA #CUETUG #CUET2023?”, Kumar in his tweet. Said.
Accepting the delay at some centres, University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said, “The problem was noticed only in a few centres.” TCS and NTA are resolving this issue. The exam will take place even if there is a delay due to technical glitches. They’re working on it.”
Delay
“The first slot also started late here, which was to be between 8.30 am and 10.30 am, while students were not allowed to go out till 11.30 am. Moreover, there was confusion about which gate the students would exit from, even as candidates for the second slot started queuing up at the gate. We were asked to wait for our children to move from one place to another while the entire route was blocked due to the crowd. We came here at 6 in the morning and it is now afternoon. There should have been better arrangements,” said Atul Garg, a parent waiting for his daughter outside the exam center in Shakti Nagar.
While there were a total of 87,879 examinees in the first shift, there were 87,903 students nationwide in the second shift. The number of candidates in third shift is yet to be updated by NTA. News18 will update this story once the data is released by the agency.
Shift 1 of CUET-UG concluded well in all 271 cities and 447 centres. The total number of candidates scheduled in Shift 1 was 87,879. The second shift of CUET-UG was conducted well in all 272 cities and 448 centres. The total number of candidates scheduled in Shift 1 was 87,903,” said the UGC chief.
The first edition of last year’s test was marred by both technical and administrative glitches, including last-minute change of exam centres, students running from one center to another, lack of adequate computers at the centers and internet connection barrage with the NTA. -Bar closure included. On many occasions cancel the exam on the spot. Last year the exam was held from July 15 to August 10.
exam analysis
Most of the students found the exam relatively easy, except for one part of the general exam, which they said was a bit difficult as it had questions from maths and current affairs. Sunday’s exam was of English and General Test.
Navya Soni, who wants to take admission in one of the top Delhi University colleges, said, “While English was easy and mostly based on what we studied in class 12, there were many questions from maths in the general exam, Which was a little tough.” ,
Most of the students said that they had prepared on their own and did not take any professional coaching for CUET-UG. “The exam was quite easy. Only the GK part was a bit difficult as it had some mathematical equations as well as some current affairs. I am confident of cracking it,” said Yash Singh Bisht, a student.
This year, the first phase of the test is scheduled from May 21-24, while it will be conducted in multiple phases over 12 days till June 6.
CUET-UG is the second largest entrance test in the country in terms of number of applicants for admission to undergraduate courses in Central Universities and other participating institutions. A total of 14.99 lakh students have applied for the exam this year as compared to 9.9 lakh last year.