New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI/Oswaal Books): In contrast to other national-level entrance exams, the NTA CUET has grown to be the most comprehensive in the country. This year's competition will be fierce, with 53 central universities taking part in the entrance exam. Because you will be competing against a large crowd, you must make meticulous preparations.

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The University Grants Commission UGC will be writing to education ministers of all states and union territories urging them to get the public- funded universities on board for adopting the Common University Entrance Test CUET for undergraduate admissions UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar saidThe UGC chief will also be meeting vice chancellors from all state funded universities on the issue and will address their queries about the examI will be writing to education ministers of all states and UTs about the CUET I will also be meeting VCs of all state-funded universities to encourage them to come on board for adopting the CUET for undergraduate admissions so more and more students can benefit with the parity and get a level playing field Kumar told PTITo begin with the UGC Chief met 25 vice chancellors from universities in GujaratWe had a detailed discussion They have expressed interest in coming on board The universities will now be placing the issue before their statutory bodies like Academic and Executive Council If there are certain queries and concerns we are ready to hold consultations and address them he addedKumar had last week announced that CUET scores and not Class XII scores will be mandatory for admission to 45 central universities and the central universities can fix their minimum eligibility criteriaI will be meeting next the vice chancellors from Assam and Karnataka he saidKumar had on Tuesday told PTI that eight deemed-to-be universities including the Tata Institute of Social Sciences TISS and Jamia Hamdard have also expressed a desire to use CUET scores to admit students to undergraduate course and top private universities are in touch with the Commission to come on board for using CUET in their admission processThe application process for the CUET for undergraduate courses in central universities will commence from April 2 According to NTA the CUET will provide a single-window opportunity to students seeking admission in any central university across the country The exam will be conducted in a Computer-Based Test CBT Mode PTI GJS GJS DV DV

New Delhi Mar 29 PTI The Central Universities Entrance Test CUET will neither make the board exams irrelevant nor give a push to coaching culture University Grants Commission UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said on Tuesday asserting that students from state boards will not be at a disadvantage in the undergraduate admission processThe National Testing Agency NTA which is responsible for conducting the exams will consider conducting the CUET twice a year from the next session he saidIn an interview to PTI Kumar said CUET will not just be limited to admissions in Central Universities as several prominent private universities have indicated that they would like to come on board for using the scores from the common entrance exam for undergraduate admissionsTo begin with CUET will be conducted once this year but NTA will consider conducting the exam at least twice a year from next session The entrance exam will not just be limited to Central Universities but also private varsities Several prominent private universities have indicated that they would like to come on board and admit students through CUET he saidKumar had last week announced that CUET scores and not Class XII scores will be mandatory for admission to 45 central universities and the central universities can fix their minimum eligibility criteriaAsked whether the exam will lead to a coaching culture for undergraduate admissions Kumar said The exam will simply not require any coaching so there is no question of it giving push to a coaching culture The exam will be completely based on class 12 syllabus Lot of students are getting concerned whether the exam will also have questions from class 11 syllabus The answer is a clear no PTI GJS GJS DV DV