New Delhi: University Grants Commission (UGC) chief M Jagadesh Kumar said that college admissions will be based on a common entrance test from now, and not on HSC results. This will relieve students from stress of impossibly high college cut-offs – often as much as 100%.
The new Common University Education Test (CUET), are scheduled to be conducted in the first week of July when most of the Class 12 board exams would have been completed. The application process will be online and start in the first week of April.
The entrance exam will be computer-based, multiple-choice test. It will be will be easy in terms of technology, the UGC chairperson said.
“Students don’t have to have high proficiency in using computers. Today, almost every student can use a smartphone. They can go to the test centre and use the mouse to choose the answer in the multiple-choice options,” said Mr Kumar.
“It is ridiculous to have a 100 per cent cut-off for admission in many undergraduate programs in some of the top universities. The common exam will provide a level-playing ground to all the students across the country,” Mr Kumar said.
He further added, “I hope students will now be able to focus more on learning rather than just trying to score the highest marks in class 12 exams.”
The entrance test will be conducted by National Testing Agency. The test compulsory for all the central universities. The top education body is also asking all state, deemed-to-be, and private universities to use the test scores for admissions to undergraduate programmes across the country.
Mr Kumar said “one nation, one entrance test” will be a great relief for students across the country. “As a result of this, students need not have to write different kinds of entrance tests,” he added.
Anyone who is HSC pass out is eligible to take the common entrance test. “However, class 12 marks may be used by universities to set admission criteria,” the UGC chairperson said.
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