3.83 lakh missed CUET 2023; students had flagged late admit card, distant exam centres

NEW DELHI: Close to four lakh registered students did not appear for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2023, according to the results statistics released by National Testing Agency on Saturday. The CUET Result 2023 was declared for over 14 lakh candidates on Saturday, at cuet.samarth.ac.in.

A total of 3, 83, 778 were marked absent for the national-level entrance test meant for admission to 44 central, 44 state, 32 deemed, 134 private and 3 other universities. Of which, 49.5% , nearly half of Scheduled Tribe (ST) registered candidates did not appear in the exam and around one-fourth of OBC and SC students were marked absent. Former executive council member of Delhi University Rajesh Jha attributed it to the "problem of affordability of these deprived sections for CUET. "Social justice has suffered", he added.

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The CUET 2023 result was declared more than 55 days after the commencement of the exam. The computer-based CUET UG 2023 was conducted by NTA in nine different phases between May 21 and July 5, 2023 for 28 lakh students across the country. Even in its second edition, the CUET 2023 was marred with technical glitches causing students to miss the exam. Among the absentees, 1,82,156 were female, 2,01,619 male and three third gender candidates.

The first phase of CUET UG 2023 overall recorded 69.3 percent attendance, according to the data shared by University Grants Commission chairman Jagadesh Kumar. On the first day, 76 percent of registered students showed up to write the test.

Several students had allegedly missed writing the exam as the exam centre allotted to them was far away or received the admit card late. Students were allotted CUET exam centres as far as 600 km from the place of preference for several candidates, especially in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand.

CUET 2023: Late admit cards

Asking for NTA for help, a student tweeted, “My CUET exams were on 31st May. Same day when applied maths and core maths [test] happened. There was no earlier notice , not even a day before the re-exam of the maths paper. I missed my exam. Please consider the situation.”

@DG_NTA My CUET exams were on 31st May. Same day when applied maths and core maths issue happened. There was no earlier notice , not even a day before the re-exam of maths paper. I missed my exam. Please NTA consider the situation. @dpradhanbjp @narendramodi

— Harshit (@Harshit9875749) June 14, 2023

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Several students allegedly received their CUET admit card after the exam date had passed. A student flagged the issue and wrote: “My CUET exam was done on 31 May and 1 June. It was 11 June, 7 AM. I just woke up and found an email saying that my exam is rescheduled for tomorrow (here tomorrow [means] 12 June). Around 9 AM, I downloaded my admit card and saw that the exam date on admit card was 11 June. Missed my exam.

My CUET exam was done on 31 May and 1 June.
It was 11 June, 7 AM I just woke up and found an email saying that my exam is rescheduled for tomorrow(here tomorrow= 12 June). Around 9 AM I downloaded my admit card and saw that the exam date on admit card was 11 June.
Missed my exam pic.twitter.com/PFoZeAYjhv

— Aman Agrahari (@AmanAgr89186181) June 13, 2023

Asking for NTA to reschedule the exam, a student tweeted “Hello sir. I am Nikita Yadav. My exam was held today 30th May, at 8.30 Am to 10.30 Am but I am not aware about this because the Admit card was released before 1 hr of Exam timing. my 3rd Exam of CUET so can you please reschedule my exam on the next exam date.

@DG_NTA My CUET exams were on 31st May. Same day when applied maths and core maths issue happened. There was no earlier notice , not even a day before the re-exam of maths paper. I missed my exam. Please NTA consider the situation. @dpradhanbjp @narendramodi

— Harshit (@Harshit9875749) June 14, 2023