percentage based marking
“Performance was earlier dependent on the nature of the boards, some are liberal, while others are strict. CUET will help in normalizing the marks as it will be percentile based. The exam will also give students the flexibility to change subjects – for example, science students can take humanities and social science subjects. The exam is likely to have a moderate difficulty level and cannot be compared with a typical competitive exam,” says Yogesh Singh, vice-chancellor, DU, which has waived the high cut-off as the only qualifying criteria for students. have decided to do. The passing marks in the boards will be considered. He points out that there will be no compromise on the quality of the students as there is bound to be a correlation between the class XII board results of the students and the performance of CUET with few exceptions.
no 100% cut-off
“All the students will be measured by the same parameter and those who are not satisfied with the results of this year can write CUET twice next year. No ranking system will be followed due to multiplicity of subjects. Even as the physical location and logistics of the university will influence the choice of students, state board students will still look to Delhi University to fulfill their higher education aspirations,” says Singh.
According to SK Palita, Vice Chancellor (I/C) of Odisha Central University, the exam will fulfill the dream of ‘One Nation, One Entrance Test’. “Universities will still use board exams as the qualifying-criteria. Some universities may set the requirement at 60%; Some may choose to set it at 70%. However, the focus will be reduced on securing 100% marks. Cases of a student not getting admission in a good college even after securing 98 per cent marks will be closed.
At present, 14 central universities conduct the exam. After NEP 2020, it was suggested that CUET be implemented from 2021-22 academic year, but the pandemic delayed the process. Palita says CUET is now being conducted in 13 languages, so the chances of discrimination are negligible. “As per the UGC officials, the exam will be completely based on the Class XII syllabus and no questions will be asked from the Class XI syllabus. It is time for the students to focus on their learning instead of their exam marks, as if they were number machines,” he says.
disparity in curriculum
But then not everyone is convinced about the benefits of implementing CUET. “The exam will be based on NCERT textbooks, while state boards and other boards follow their own syllabus and textbooks. CUET cannot be justified in such cases which may force students to go for external coaching,” said Sudha Acharya, president, National Progressive Schools Conference (NPSC), which has 122 Delhi schools as a member.
“By addressing the issue of high cut-offs, CUET has marginalized the importance of board exams. The higher cut-off could have been dealt with by rationalizing the results of different boards with CBSE in a more consultative process with stakeholders and to bring about parity among students.
Composite Format Required
With the introduction of CUET as the only gateway for college admission in its present form, Acharya reasoned, it will shift the tension from board exams to CUET in order to score higher marks. “The CBSE Class XII board examination, which is currently being conducted in two semesters, is more holistic as it is based on interpretation, creative expression and reflection on both the aspects, objective MCQ-focused as well as subjective ability of the students. assesses. CUET however is completely MCQ-focused which cannot assess the uniqueness of each student,” she laments.