Is CUET 2024 merging with JEE, NEET Exam? Check what UGC Chairman said

The decision to merge CUET with entrance exams like JEE and NEET will be announced at least two years in advance. The University Grants Commission (UGC) and the National Testing Agency (NTA) are prepared to ensure that the second edition of CUET-UG is glitch free, the UGC Chairman said.

CUET UG 2023: The University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar has said that the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2023 will be held in three shifts in a day instead of two. He also said that the decision to merge CUET with entrance exams like JEE and NEET will be announced at least two years in advance. 

"The University Grants Commission (UGC) and the National Testing Agency (NTA) are prepared to ensure that the second edition of CUET-UG is glitch free," the UGC Chairman said.

"With respect to experience of students last year, I do agree that at few centres there were glitches and this year we are taking care of all issues related to those kind of experiences that the students went through. We will make sure that this time the students have to focus only on exams and not on any possible glitches and how are we doing that," he added.

"We are doing that by identifying the centres well in advance and by looking at the infrastructure that is available including the computers, bandwidth, technical personnel at the centres, so that the second edition is glitch free," he said.

"I agree there were several glitches during the exam last time but this year all issues have been ironed out. Keeping in mind the experience of the students, a plan has been chalked out and we are ready to ensure that the candidates just have to worry about the exam and not any glitches," he said.

"Extra computers and extra centres have been arranged as plan B so that in case there are any glitches, the candidates can be shifted there and the exam for a particular shift will not be cancelled. The schedule has been decided in a manner that the academic calendar can be brought back on track from this year," he said.

While speaking on the proposal to merge CUET with JEE and NEET, he said, "It is definitely doable. The details are being worked out but whenever the merger happens, announcement will be made at least two years in advance so the students can prepare accordingly."

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