Applications to be invited for CUET-UG 2023 in Feb first week
New Delhi | Published : December 17, 2022
The application process for Common University Entrance
Test (CUET-UG) for the academic year 2023-24 will start in the first week of
February 2023. CUET-UG exams will be conducted between May 21 and 31.
UGC
believes that from the next session, more private, state-run and deemed to be
universities will take part in Common University Entrance Test. All Central
universities of the country have already adopted the CUET for the undergraduate
admissions.
UGC chairman professor M. Jagadesh Kumar said on Friday that
the number of subjects and pattern of question papers will remain the same.
According to Kumar, Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada,
Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu will be the medium of
the languages for the test.
National Testing Agency (NTA) is working to
set up 1,000 test centres for CUET-UG across the country, out of which 450 to
500 centres will be used per day. Next week, NTA will announce CUET-PG test
dates and application dates. CUET-PG is expected to be held in the first or
second week of June 2023, Kumar added.
Results of CUET-UG are likely to
be announced in the third week of June 2023 and those of CUET-PG in the first
week of July 2023. With the above schedule of CUET-UG and CUET-PG, universities
can complete their admission process by the end of July 2023 and begin the
academic sessions by August 1, 2023, the UGC said.
The NTA has been
entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the Undergraduate and
Postgraduate Entrance Test for Central and other participating universities for
the academic session 2023-2024.
Accoding to the NTA, the Common
University Entrance Test provided a common platform and equal opportunities to
candidates across the country, especially those from rural and other remote
areas and help establish better connect with the universities.
Last year, the
examination was held in the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. The test was of
objective type, comprising multiple choice questions (MCQs).
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