CUET UG 2025: Making mathematics must for BCom Honours in DU “injustice”; aspirants oppose move

NEW DELHI: Several Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG) 2025 aspirants are complaining that the National Testing Agency (NTA) has made mathematics compulsory for BCom (Honours), leaving non-mathematics students in a lurch. NTA is holding CUET UG registration 2025 on the new official website, cuet.nta.nic.in.

During CUET UG 2025 registration, applicants are required to choose subject combinations of their choice. While the University Grants Commission (UGC) has allowed participants to choose any subject irrespective of what they studied in Class 12, the complaints surfacing on social media tell a different tale.

Voicing students’ concern, a commerce teacher brought up the issue on social media and made an appeal to UGC chief Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, University of Delhi, and ministry of education. In a post on X, he said, “DU’s sudden decision to make Mathematics compulsory for BCom (Hons) in CUET 2025 is totally unfair. This is injustice for Class 12 non math students. Reconsider this decision!”

Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) president Ronak Khatri also weighed in and urged NTA to reconsider the CUET UG 2025 eligibility criteria. “The NEP was widely praised for its flexibility, allowing students to change streams and pursue courses of their choice. However, NTA’s sudden decision to make Mathematics compulsory for BCom (Hons.) in CUET 2025 is completely unfair. This is an injustice to Class 12 students without Mathematics. What’s the point of the new policy if they can’t pursue an honours degree without Maths? I urge NTA to reconsider this decision,” he posted.

“How can you impose new eligibility criteria at the end of session? Some topper students who didn't opt for maths are not eligible for CUET,” said an X user.

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An aspirant wrote, “Respected authorities, Delhi University's recent decision to make mathematics compulsory for BCom (Hons) just 2 months before CUET is highly unfair. Thousands of students have been preparing for over a year based on the existing eligibility criteria.”

“All students are tense. In the CUET UG exam, math is compulsory in every field. Most commerce background students are facing difficulties that 90% of students didn't take maths as a subject in 12th but you're all saying that math is compulsory in 12th. Please help,” another aspirant said while asking for help.

“DU sat silently for one year, got an idea 60 days before the exam and altered the subject combination which had been unchanged since the start of CUET and made mathematics compulsory for BCom Hons programme,” a candidate wrote and added, “I mean both maths and non maths students took admission in BCom hons through CUET in DU. Now think of that non math guy who scored 750-60/800 in CUET last year and took drop instead for SRCC or the Hindu College, so what's the rationale behind the changes?”