CUCET 2022: As per the recent updates, Minister of State for Education, Subhas Sarkar stated that the National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) in 12 scheduled languages. From next year, CUCET will be held in Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and Punjabi.
The government has declared that all national level exams in the country will be held in scheduled languages. “It has also been decided to conduct the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for Central Universities in the scheduled languages,” said the ministry of education told Parliament during the winter session.
National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted Major Exam in Scheduled Language
The official statement informed that the National Testing Agency (NTA) has conducted major competitive exams in the following scheduled languages. NEET UG 2021 in Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and Punjabi.
JEE Main 2021 in Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, and Gujarati. All India Sainik School Entrance Examination (AISSEE) 2021 for Class 6 in Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Punjabi, Telugu and Urdu.
Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET)
CUCET is conducted for admission to 12 participating Central Universities across India. These universities are - Assam University, Silchar, Central University of Andhra Pradesh, Central University of Gujarat, Central University of Haryana, Central University of Jammu, Central University of Jharkhand, Central University of Karnataka, Central University of Kerala, Central University of Punjab, Central University of Rajasthan, Central University of South Bihar and the Central University of Tamil Nadu.
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Delhi University was expected to conduct the CUCET this year, however, due to the pandemic, it was not held. However, 12 central universities including Assam University in Silchar, Central University of Gujarat, Central University of Punjab, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Central University of Jharkhand and Central University of Kerala conducted the CUCET 2021.
Meanwhile, the Higher Education regulator, University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed vice-chancellors of Central universities to take appropriate measures to conduct the CUCET exam which will be administered by NTA. “After detailed deliberations, it was resolved that the common entrance for UG and PG may be conducted from the academic session 2022-23. For admissions to PhD, NET score will be used, wherever feasible,” the UGC letter stated.
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