‘Only these real might be allowed to take CUET in second section’: NTA head on candidates lacking examination
10 min readExpress News Service
NEW DELHI: Citing technical causes for last-minute examination centre change, the top of the National Testing Agency (NTA), an autonomous company set as much as conduct entrance exams for larger training establishments, stated solely real candidates who missed taking the CUET examination on Friday, might be thought of to take it within the second section, slated for August.
“Not all students, who missed taking the CUET exam today, will be allowed to retake it. Each case will be examined. It will depend. If there are some genuine cases, we will consider their case. We assure fairness in our decision,” NTA Director General Vineet Joshi informed this newspaper.
Only these candidates who had reached their previous examination centre earlier than the gate closure time might be thought of for taking the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) UG 2022 in August, he added.
He additionally stated that as an ordinary protocol, they hold automobiles within the previous examination centre to ferry college students to the brand new examination venues. Also, persons are deployed at every examination centre to information college students.
The gate closing time is 8.30 am – within the morning shift – in order that those that reached earlier than that will be transported – in the event that they don’t have any means to commute – to the brand new examination centre, he stated.
Despite complaints of confusion about last-minute examination centre change, and college students commuting long-distance to achieve modified examination centre venues on the primary day of CUET, as a consequence of which they missed taking it, Joshi stated they hadn’t obtained any complaints from any college students or dad and mom.
“But if we receive any complaints, we will examine them. Anybody might say anything, so it needs to be explored.”
“The day one of phase 1 of CUET went off well,” he added.
Joshi stated that exams have been cancelled solely in two examination centres in New Jalpaiguri and Pathankot as a consequence of technical causes.
“It was a technical reason due to which the exam was cancelled. All the 197 candidates will now be taking the exam when the second phase will begin on August 4,” he stated.
Students within the nationwide capital huffed and puffed their option to examination centres battling anxiousness and trepidation because the debut version of Common University Entrance Test kicked off Friday amid complaints of last-minute change of examination centres, exhausting commute, and prolonged query papers.
Some college students, pressured already over taking the first-ever CUET, missed the paper as a consequence of a sudden change within the examination centre.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) officers have assured they are going to be given a second likelihood to grasp their dream of finding out in a central college.
The examination will remodel the way in which undergraduate admissions are performed within the nation, particularly at widespread central universities like Delhi University the place the Class 12 consequence was a deciding issue to date.
What was, nonetheless, a aid for the scholars was that the problem degree of the examination was not excessive, although some query have been prolonged.
Of the numerous who couldn’t seem for the examination was 18-year-old Aanchal.
Standing exterior the examination centre on the DU’s North Campus, she stated her examination centre was earlier in Dwarka however when she reached there, she was disallowed entry.
“I was informed that my centre has been changed. I panicked and did not know what to do. After a two-hour journey when we finally reached the North Campus, they told us that the time for entering the exam centre has passed,” she stated.
On whether or not she was knowledgeable concerning the change of centre beforehand, Aanchal replied, “I checked my mail only after I was informed that this is not my centre. I would have checked it earlier had I known that the centre would be changed.”
The similar was the case with Ritika who reached the Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT) as was talked about in her admit card.
However, on reaching there she was knowledgeable that her new examination centre was the North Campus.
The journey time between NDUT and North Campus is round two hours.
“I rushed to North Campus but was not allowed entry because the time was over. This is wrong and our whole future hangs in balance,” she stated.
Many college students, nonetheless, have been in a position to attain their examination centre on time as properly regardless of the last-minute change.
“My brother, who is appearing for CUET, was assigned a centre in Dwarka. But it was changed at the last minute to Delhi University. We checked the email last night and were able to reach here,” stated Sanchit exterior the examination centre.
While the morning scenes have been of scholars anxiously going over their notes and praying to God, the after-exam scenes confirmed relieved college students popping out of the centres with smiling faces.
“We have been worried about our wards for several days as we also did not know what kind of exam will come. Moreover, there was a lot of confusion around the examination. Admit cards too came very late. Finally, we can take rest,” Praveen Kumar, whose son Kamal appeared for CUET.
Kamal took three checks — bodily training, political science and common take a look at.
“I felt the general test was a little tough because we have not done it before. But the other two exams were pretty easy. All came from what we had studied in Class 11 and 12,” he stated.
The examinees additionally rued about the truth that the examination centres have been positioned fairly distant from their properties and felt that the admit cads ought to have been issued a lot earlier than in order that they’d have been mentally ready for the lengthy commute.
“I feel the arrangement could have been better. The admit card could have been made available a few days ahead of the exam and the centre should have been allocated near to the students’ homes. The weather is very hot. There is no metro connectivity to the place where I live. So, we took an auto till the bus stand and then boarded a bus. By the time I reached the examination, I was drenched in the sweat,” stated Kamya, who got here to the centre from Sarita Vihar.
While psychological well being consultants suggested college students, who missed their examination owing to last-minute change of examination centres, to stay constructive and affected person, educational consultants maintained that the University Grants Commission (UGC) mustn’t have rushed into implementing the CUET with out satisfactory preparation.
With 14.9 lakh registrations, the CUET is being performed in two phases.
It is the second largest entrance examination within the nation after the medical entrance examination NEET-UG.
While the Phase 1 is being held in July, Phase 2 is scheduled to be held in August.
Candidates who’ve opted for Physics, Chemistry or Biology have been assigned Phase 2 of the CUET examination, provided that NEET (UG) – 2022 for admissions to MBBS and BDS faculties might be held on July 17.
NEET-UG is the largest entrance take a look at in India with a median of 18 lakh registrations.
UGC chief M Jagadesh Kumar had stated in March that CUET scores, and never Class 12 marks, will decide the admission to 45 central universities which may repair their minimal eligibility standards.
(With PTI Inputs)
NEW DELHI: Citing technical causes for last-minute examination centre change, the top of the National Testing Agency (NTA), an autonomous company set as much as conduct entrance exams for larger training establishments, stated solely real candidates who missed taking the CUET examination on Friday, might be thought of to take it within the second section, slated for August.
“Not all students, who missed taking the CUET exam today, will be allowed to retake it. Each case will be examined. It will depend. If there are some genuine cases, we will consider their case. We assure fairness in our decision,” NTA Director General Vineet Joshi informed this newspaper.
Only these candidates who had reached their previous examination centre earlier than the gate closure time might be thought of for taking the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) UG 2022 in August, he added.
He additionally stated that as an ordinary protocol, they hold automobiles within the previous examination centre to ferry college students to the brand new examination venues. Also, persons are deployed at every examination centre to information college students.
The gate closing time is 8.30 am – within the morning shift – in order that those that reached earlier than that will be transported – in the event that they don’t have any means to commute – to the brand new examination centre, he stated.
Despite complaints of confusion about last-minute examination centre change, and college students commuting long-distance to achieve modified examination centre venues on the primary day of CUET, as a consequence of which they missed taking it, Joshi stated they hadn’t obtained any complaints from any college students or dad and mom.
“But if we receive any complaints, we will examine them. Anybody might say anything, so it needs to be explored.”
“The day one of phase 1 of CUET went off well,” he added.
Joshi stated that exams have been cancelled solely in two examination centres in New Jalpaiguri and Pathankot as a consequence of technical causes.
“It was a technical reason due to which the exam was cancelled. All the 197 candidates will now be taking the exam when the second phase will begin on August 4,” he stated.
Students within the nationwide capital huffed and puffed their option to examination centres battling anxiousness and trepidation because the debut version of Common University Entrance Test kicked off Friday amid complaints of last-minute change of examination centres, exhausting commute, and prolonged query papers.
Some college students, pressured already over taking the first-ever CUET, missed the paper as a consequence of a sudden change within the examination centre.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) officers have assured they are going to be given a second likelihood to grasp their dream of finding out in a central college.
The examination will remodel the way in which undergraduate admissions are performed within the nation, particularly at widespread central universities like Delhi University the place the Class 12 consequence was a deciding issue to date.
What was, nonetheless, a aid for the scholars was that the problem degree of the examination was not excessive, although some query have been prolonged.
Of the numerous who couldn’t seem for the examination was 18-year-old Aanchal.
Standing exterior the examination centre on the DU’s North Campus, she stated her examination centre was earlier in Dwarka however when she reached there, she was disallowed entry.
“I was informed that my centre has been changed. I panicked and did not know what to do. After a two-hour journey when we finally reached the North Campus, they told us that the time for entering the exam centre has passed,” she stated.
On whether or not she was knowledgeable concerning the change of centre beforehand, Aanchal replied, “I checked my mail only after I was informed that this is not my centre. I would have checked it earlier had I known that the centre would be changed.”
The similar was the case with Ritika who reached the Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT) as was talked about in her admit card.
However, on reaching there she was knowledgeable that her new examination centre was the North Campus.
The journey time between NDUT and North Campus is round two hours.
“I rushed to North Campus but was not allowed entry because the time was over. This is wrong and our whole future hangs in balance,” she stated.
Many college students, nonetheless, have been in a position to attain their examination centre on time as properly regardless of the last-minute change.
“My brother, who is appearing for CUET, was assigned a centre in Dwarka. But it was changed at the last minute to Delhi University. We checked the email last night and were able to reach here,” stated Sanchit exterior the examination centre.
While the morning scenes have been of scholars anxiously going over their notes and praying to God, the after-exam scenes confirmed relieved college students popping out of the centres with smiling faces.
“We have been worried about our wards for several days as we also did not know what kind of exam will come. Moreover, there was a lot of confusion around the examination. Admit cards too came very late. Finally, we can take rest,” Praveen Kumar, whose son Kamal appeared for CUET.
Kamal took three checks — bodily training, political science and common take a look at.
“I felt the general test was a little tough because we have not done it before. But the other two exams were pretty easy. All came from what we had studied in Class 11 and 12,” he stated.
The examinees additionally rued about the truth that the examination centres have been positioned fairly distant from their properties and felt that the admit cads ought to have been issued a lot earlier than in order that they’d have been mentally ready for the lengthy commute.
“I feel the arrangement could have been better. The admit card could have been made available a few days ahead of the exam and the centre should have been allocated near to the students’ homes. The weather is very hot. There is no metro connectivity to the place where I live. So, we took an auto till the bus stand and then boarded a bus. By the time I reached the examination, I was drenched in the sweat,” stated Kamya, who got here to the centre from Sarita Vihar.
While psychological well being consultants suggested college students, who missed their examination owing to last-minute change of examination centres, to stay constructive and affected person, educational consultants maintained that the University Grants Commission (UGC) mustn’t have rushed into implementing the CUET with out satisfactory preparation.
With 14.9 lakh registrations, the CUET is being performed in two phases.
It is the second largest entrance examination within the nation after the medical entrance examination NEET-UG.
While the Phase 1 is being held in July, Phase 2 is scheduled to be held in August.
Candidates who’ve opted for Physics, Chemistry or Biology have been assigned Phase 2 of the CUET examination, provided that NEET (UG) – 2022 for admissions to MBBS and BDS faculties might be held on July 17.
NEET-UG is the largest entrance take a look at in India with a median of 18 lakh registrations.
UGC chief M Jagadesh Kumar had stated in March that CUET scores, and never Class 12 marks, will decide the admission to 45 central universities which may repair their minimal eligibility standards.
(With PTI Inputs)
