Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 5: J&K Congress (JKPCC) today raised the important question of J&K students seeking students to Under Graduate (UG) and PG courses through Central University Entrance Test (CUET) being conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA), stating that J&K UT administration by opting CUET pattern pushed the youth to great hardships and great competition.
Talking to media persons at Congress office here today, JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma raised question why J&K UT and Jammu University & Kashmir University opted for CUET, immediately without giving atleast a time period of two years to the students to prepare for the new pattern of CUET. Earlier, admissions to Kashmir and Jammu Universities were given on the basis of merit in the entrance test Jammu University Entrance Test (JUET) and Kashmir University Entrance Test (KUET) but this year, all of sudden this pattern of CUET was adopted without giving a gap of one/two years to the aspiring students to prepare themselves for the new pattern.
As a result of this, the present mess is being witnessed and poor students and their parents are facing economic hardships and lack of proper information. The hue and cry and chaos and confusion led to the postponement of CUET from May 21 till May 26 and it was assured that the students shall be allotted Exam Centres within J&K UT. Some students could not appear on May 26 due to confusions.
Now again, a large number of students are confused and frustrated and are waiting for admit cards and exam centres. Again centres are being allotted outside J&K. The candidates are eligible to apply and compete for their respective states and poor candidates are facing lot competition and will be deprived of UG and PG admissions especially in Jammu region.
The Congress Party questioned BJP for playing with the careers of students from poor backgrounds by such experiments. The party demanded that NTA should allot exam centres to the J&K students within their own districts or adjoining districts and remove confusions.
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