CUET 2023: Meghalaya CM urges Education Minister to exempt state from conducting Common University Entrance Test

In a letter to Education Minister, he stated that "The State of Meghalaya has recently undergone a Legislative Assembly Election the results of which have been declared last week. This has resulted in the delay of State Board examination and in this regard, students are facing unprecedented challenges to attempt the CUET for the State level undergraduates institutions."

CUET 2023: Meghalaya CM urges Education Minister to exempt state from conducting Common University Entrance Test

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has urged the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to exempt the state from conducting Common University Entrance Test (CUET). In a letter to Education Minister, he stated that "The State of Meghalaya has recently undergone a Legislative Assembly Election the results of which have been declared last week. This has resulted in the delay of State Board examination and in this regard, students are facing unprecedented challenges to attempt the CUET for the State level undergraduates institutions."

"In light of the above, and as most of the colleges in the state are affiliated to the North Eastern Hill University, I request your good office to kindly exempt the State of Meghalaya from conducting the CUET," he said.

The Chief Minister further stated that "he is appreciative that the National Testing Agency (NTA), a leading autonomous and self-sufficient testing organisation, is conducting the Common Undergraduate Entrance Test (CUET) for Admission/Fellowship to Higher Educational Institutions to evaluate the competence of applicants for admissions, which has always been difficult."

"Last year we had requested the Ministry of Education your good offices to kindly exempt Meghalaya from the purview of the CUET through letter DO.CM/PER-UM/2022/48 dated Shillong, the 25th of April 2022, to which you had graciously agreed through your letter DO.No.65-4/2020-CU. dated 11th May 2022," Sagma said.

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