The Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University Professor Nilofer Khan has said that she took up the matter related to setting up examination centers in Kashmir for the candidates of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) with senior authorities in the J-K administration.
The Vice-Chancellor, as per a communique, spoke to Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, J-K admin, Alok Kumar, and urged him to further take up the matter with the National Testing Agency (NTA) so that examination centers for the CUET (UG) are set up in Kashmir and the aspirants do not have to travel outside the Valley to sit in the said examination.
The Vice-Chancellor said that setting up examination centers at convenient locations in the Valley will ease the candidates, especially those coming from far-off places and underprivileged sections of society, and save their travel time which they can appropriately use to focus on their studies.
The Principal Secretary assured me that the matter has already been taken up with the NTA.
The VC hoped for an early resolution of the matter in the larger interest of the candidates who are presently preparing for the examination.