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Varsities can hold exams to fill seats vacant after admissions through CUET
Updated On: 01 August, 2024 06:36 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Central universities can conduct their own entrance exams or admit students on the basis of marks in the qualifying exam if seats remain vacant after admissions through CUET, UGC said. Keeping the seats vacant for an entire year is not only a waste of resources but also results in denial of quality higher education
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If seats remain vacant even after exhausting the list of applicants who appeared in CUET, the university may consider conducting its own entrance exam or a screening test or admit students on the basis of the marks obtained in the qualifying examination, UGC chief Jagadesh Kumar said. Pic/ UGC website
Central universities can conduct their own entrance exams or admit students on the basis of marks in the qualifying exam if seats remain vacant in undergraduate and postgraduate courses after admissions through Common University Entrance Test (CUET), the University Grants Commission (UGC) announced on Thursday.
Keeping the seats vacant for an entire academic year is not only a waste of resources but also results in denial of quality higher education to many students who aspire to pursue higher studies in central universities, it said.
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