State, private universities can also use CUET 2022 scores for UG admission: UGC chairman
UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar had said on Monday that CUET scores, and not Class 12 scores, will be mandatory for admission to 45 central universities.
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Check NowAnu Parthiban | March 27, 2022 | 06:13 PM IST
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to vice-chancellors of all central universities and colleges to use Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores to admit students in undergraduate programmes. UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar had said on Monday that CUET scores, and not Class 12 scores, will be mandatory for admission to 45 central universities.
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Central universities can fix their minimum eligibility criteria. "Today we have written to the VCs, Directors, and Principals of all Universities and Colleges to use CUET scores for admissions in their UG programs because with CUET in place there is no need for students to worry about writing multiple entrance tests," Kumar tweeted on Sunday.
The state universities, private universities, and deemed-to-be universities can also use CUET scores for undergraduate and postgraduate admissions if they want, Kumar had said on Monday.
Today we have written to the VCs, Directors, and Principals of all Universities and Colleges to use CUET scores for admissions in their UG programs because with CUET in place there is no need for students to worry about writing multiple entrance tests. https://t.co/S7llw0Uyfh pic.twitter.com/xYvzGWMPTl
— Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) March 27, 2022
The application process for the CUET for undergraduate courses in central universities will commence from April 2, the National Testing Agency has announced.
Also read | CUCET 2022: List of central universities, how to register for common entrance test
In a public notice issued on Saturday, the agency said that the CUET will provide a single-window opportunity to students seeking admission in any central university across the country. The CUET (UG) -2022 will be conducted in a Computer-Based Test (CBT) Mode, it said.
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