Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 23: Chairman of the University Grants commission (UGC) Jagdish Kumar has said that the issues faced by the candidates in the previous edition of Common University Entrance Test (CUET) will be addressed this year.
“There were some issues faced by the students and those have been addressed. Last year, it was a computer-based test but now we are introducing OMR and the CUET will be conducted in hybrid mode so that colleges and schools are used as centres and our students get an opportunity to appear in the exam nearby,” he told media persons on the sidelines of national conference on New Education Policy at IIM Jammu, here today.
It may be recalled that Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had last year raised the issue of lack of CUET examination centres in Jammu and Kashmir with the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, saying various candidates were allotted centres outside the Union Territory, which were over 300 kms away.
Stating that earlier admissions in universities were based on board marks and that put a lot of stress on the students, the UGC Chairman claimed that stress level has gone down with the introduction of CUET and all the students are now getting a level-playing field. “CUET has brought complete transformation and strengthened national integration,” he added.
The UGC Chairman also batted for appointment of ombudsman in universities and colleges, as well as grievance redressal committees, to address the students’ problems.
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