The Jammu Kashmir administration has announced that the students, who could not appear in the recently held Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2023 will be given an opportunity to take admission in subjects and colleges of their choice within Jammu Kashmir.
Principal Secretary, Education, Alok Kumar said that the CUET, as per the NEP 2020, is a standardized entrance test conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) that aims to streamline the admission process for undergraduate and postgraduate courses being offered by universities across India.
He said that a total of 87309 (Eighty-seven thousand three hundred nine) unique candidates had registered from Jammu Kashmir for the CUET (UG) 2023. The examination centers were randomly allocated based on availability of requisite infrastructure within the geographical boundaries of J-K and the exam dates were announced by the National Testing Agency.
However, some students were allotted centres outside Jammu Kashmir, who raised concerns.
Taking cognizance of the peculiar situation and resentment against the same at the time of scheduled G-20 event in Kashmir, NTA deferred the CUET (UG) examination for the students of J-K and implemented a centre reallocation process exclusively for J-K students and issued new dates for conducting the examination.
After a thorough examination, it has come to the notice of the department that some students from Jammu division, after reallocation of centres were still allotted centres outside the J-K and had discrepancies in the examination dates in certain subject combinations, Alok Kumar said.
Principal Secretary HED assured that sufficient opportunity would be given to such candidates for admission in the undergraduate programmes in various Degree Colleges of Jammu Kashmir on their merit in the 12th class examination.