This year, the CUET UG exams have been divided into two phases. (Graphics by Abhishek Mitra)CUET UG 2022 LIVE Updates: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is conducting the first day of the Common University Entrance Test undergraduate (CUET UG) 2022 today for phase I students. The students who attended the first session are complaining that some of the questions are not from the NCERT books and therefore, they are not sure about their scores.
The admit cards for Phase I students of CUET UG 2022 were released in early hours of July 13, 2022, and students can download the same from the official website — cuet.samarth.ac.in — by logging in through their registered credentials.
Candidates who could not appear for the exam today due to a last-minute centre change yesterday, will be given an opportunity to appear in the second phase in August. All affected candidates have been informed about this via phone and email, said a senior NTA official.
This year, the CUET UG exams have been divided into two phases — the first phase will take place on July 15, 1 6, 19 and 20 and the second phase will be held on August 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10. Citing security reasons, the UGC Chief and NTA officials have made it clear that the admit cards will be released only three to four days prior to the scheduled exam date. “This is a common practice in all the examinations that NTA conducts, whether it is JEE Mains or NEET. We usually issue admit cards four days before the examination,” the University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said on Tuesday.
A total of 14,90,000 students have registered for the CUET UG 2022 exams this year, out of which 8,10,000 have been allotted Phase I and 6,80,000 have been taken in Phase II of the CUET-UG 2022 exam. Students who have been allotted Phase I are unhappy about their schedules.
Talking to the Phase I students said they felt they were being put at a disadvantage, and some are also feeling the pressure of writing a large number of papers in one day itself. Additionally, students who have not been allotted their preference face additional challenges, although the UGC Chairman has said that 98 per cent of candidates have been given the exam centre of their choice.
CUET UG Exam Analysis LIVE Updates: Students are advised to wear face mask and maintain social distancing due to the ongoing Covid crisis. (Representative image. Express photo)
Soumya, who gave the test at a centre in Janakpuri, Delhi, said that it was easier than the mock tests she had attempted. The paper was based on the NCERT syllabus. English paper included passage-based questions, vocabulary, synonyms. There was basic Math and simplification questions. "There were other students in the room who had issues with their system hanging, but mine went well," she said.
Exam cancelled at two centres in Pathankot and Jalpaiguri because of weather and technical reasons. About 100 candidates affected. They will get chance to appear for the exam in August, says NTA official.
A Delhi University (DU) applicant’s performance in the Class 12 Board exams may, after all, prove to be useful for admission to undergraduate programmes this year. In the case of two students with the same CUET score choosing the same college and course as first preference, their class 12 Board marks will act as a tiebreaker for allotment of seat, vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh told PTI on Thursday.
“In case of a tie between two students, the scores of the best of three subjects will be compared. If the best three are also the same, then the best four will be compared and then the best five,” he said in his interview to the news agency.
“If by chance marks for the best five subjects are also the same, in that case, age will act as a tie breaker. The older applicant will get the seat,” he added. (Read More)
Akanksha, from Chandigarh, has appeared for the exam Physical Education, and General Test. Questions were out of NCERT. Technical difficulties were there. In slot 1, her system got off 3-4 times. She has another exam in the evening at the same place in the subjects History, Geography, and English.
The Common University Entrance Test for undergraduate programmes (or CUET-UG), which begins tomorrow, will offer a level playing field to all examinees, irrespective of the date on which a candidate takes the test, as the scores will be prepared based on a process called “normalisation”, director general of the National Testing Agency (NTA), Vineet Joshi, has said.
The Indian Express explains this process, which is used even in the case of JEE (Main) held by the NTA, which is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education:
Q. What is the normalisation?
The CUET-UG is a computer-based test and will be held on multiple dates between July 15 and August 20. As a result, there will be different sets of question papers on different days for every subject. Naturally, there may be variations in the difficulty level of question papers on the same subject. (Read More)
Bhoomi Khanna (18) a student of Rajkiya Sarvodaya Vidyalaya Laxmi Nagar was not able to appear for her 4 papers scheduled for Slot 1 because she only reached the DU centre at 9:35. "When I reached the NSUT centre, the guard told me that the center has been changed to DU. In the confusion and panic of the moment, my mother and I took an auto to DU's South campus. There we realised that we have to go to North campus and we took another auto here. After I reached I was told that it's too late and I can't enter. This is very wrong, the night before the exam a student studies and sleeps. They don't keep checking their email, or checking for changes in their admit card."
Lalita (17) only reached the DU centre at around 11 am after realising that she had reached the wrong centre in the morning. "I had three papers in the morning and those are gone but I have another three papers in the afternoon so I turned up here for those. I managed to get here by hitching a ride. Anyway there's so much pressure, so much burden and this on top of that." A student of government girls senior secondary school no. 3 kalkaji.
CUET will be the second biggest all India exam after the medical entrance test NEET with 14.9 lakh registrations. It has surpassed JEE-Mains’ average registration of nine lakh. NEET usually has an average of 18 lakh registrations.
Deepak Goyal. His daughter Shivani had initially been alloted NSUT Dwarka as her exam centre. They had not realized that her centre had been changed last minute to Delhi University. "We reached at 7:15 and realised that it's not the centre. We panicked and my daughter was convinced that we would never reach the centre on time. I was determined to make her reach and drove her all the way here on my scooter, I had to jump a few red lights. We reached by 8:20."
Requesting anonymity, one of the observers in Ludhiana appointed by NTA said: “The entire process is being videographed and cameras have been installed. Covid protocols being followed. There is capacity to accommodate 100 candidates in each session.”
In Ludhiana, the exam is being held at two centres: Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC) and Central Tool Room (CTR), Focal Point.
Candidates who could not appear for the exam today due to a last-minute centre change yesterday, will be given an opportunity to appear in the second phase in August. All affected candidates have been informed about this via phone and email, said a senior NTA official.