Common entrance test must for all central universities, says UGC

On Monday the University Grants Commission (UGC) said that it will have to use the new Common University Entrance Test (CUET) from this academic year to decide the admission to undergraduate courses in all 45 central universities in the country.

Application for CUET UG will be available in the 1st week of April 2022.

The test will be held in 13 languages – English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Odisha, Assamese, and Urdu.

“The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admission in Undergraduate programs from the academic session 2022-2023 in all UGC funded Central Universities will be conducted in 13 languages namely Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali, Punjabi, Odia and English by the National Testing Agency (NTA),” the University Grants Commission said in a notice on Monday.

The notice also said that other private or state universities may also adopt the Common University Entrance Test

“The CUET may also be adopted by the State/ Private / Deemed to be Universities,” read the statement.