According to the National Testing Agency (NTA), responsible for conducting the test, the CUET will provide a single-window opportunity to students seeking admission in any central university across the country.
The UGC chairman 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 criteria.
UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar had on Monday had said the central universities will have to use Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores to admit students to undergraduate programmes and not the Class 12 marks.
International students will be exempt from CUET for admission in Indian universities and they will continue to be admitted according to the existing practice of the varsities on a supernumerary basis, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has said.
"From the 2022-23 academic year, the National Testing Agency will be conducting the CUET for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. All the central universities will have to consider CUET scores for admissions to their programmes," UGC chairman Jagdesh Kumar said in a press briefing.
The Centre had announced the new NEP on July 29, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic
The tenure of D.P. Singh, the current chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC), is ending in the first week of December. In view of this, UGC may get a new chairman by the end of December
Having a postdoctoral degree or a PhD is no longer the minimum eligibility for direct recruitment of assistant professors across Indian higher education institutes till July 2023, the University Grants Commission (UGC) said on Tuesday.
The future of 12 colleges, which are fully funded by the Delhi government, remains uncertain.
The UGC NET exam will now be conducted from October 6 to 8, and from October 17 to 19
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked varsities to provide details of the students studying in the institute, including details of alumni.
UGC asked vice-chancellors of all varsities to prepare a database of international students studying in their institutions.
The UGC has decided to start 123 different online courses in regular colleges even post-pandemic.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said more than 1,000 government schools in the state will be transformed with modern facilities.
UGC has framed more flexible rules for various Central and other universities across the country.
NTA has reopened the online application process for UGC NET 2021, till September 5, 11:50 pm. The last date to submit the application fee is September 6
UGC has declared 24 self-styled institutes fake and found two more in violation of norms, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
The guidelines directed colleges that the admissions to first-year courses for the session 2021-22 should be completed no later than September 30.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all universities, colleges and technical institutions to put up banners thanking Prime Minister Modi for "starting free vaccination for 18 years and above age group", sources said Monday.
The All India Forum to Save Public Education, an umbrella organisation comprising student representatives from various outfits like Students'' Federation of India, Chhatra RJD and JNUSU, has started this petition. By 11.45 pm on Saturday, the petition had gained 1,204 signatures.
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