Guwahati: The Cotton University (CU), Guwahati, has turn into the primary state college in Assam that has determined to affix the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) performed at all-India degree for college admissions by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
Even as different main universities of the state, like Gauhati University (GU), are but to debate the matter on the highest degree, the CU govt council has given the a lot wanted approval from the varsity’s govt council (EC) to affix CUET.
“Official formalities will be completed soon to link up the university with CUET admission mechanism. All students, who are willing to join CU, will appear in CUET, unless the state government alters the decision on it,” a supply in CU informed TOI on Tuesday.
Students in numerous elements of the nation are registering themselves within the ongoing CUET-UG 2023 that commenced on Thursday. The registration course of will proceed until March 12.
TOI had earlier reported that the secretary to the state greater schooling division, Narayan Konwar, wrote to all vice-chancellors of the state universities in Assam clarifying that the varsities should take part in CUET from the upcoming tutorial session. All of them should take part within the all-India degree take a look at to be performed by the NTA to get admission in UG and PG programs in varied faculties and universities. The VCs had been additionally urged to organize the syllabus by February, to make sure implementation of NEP, 2020 from 2023-24 tutorial yr.
With lower than a month left for the end result of the registration course of and hardly any consciousness among the many common college students about CUET, the Class 12 college students could also be put in a quandary.
While among the senior most officers of GU stay out of loop of the developments relating to CUET, Dibrugarh University VC Prof Jiten Hazarika informed TOI that they are going to focus on the CUET subject through the subsequent Academic Council assembly on February 22.
“We are not directly involved with the college admissions, though they are affiliated to the university. Since the college representative is there in the Academic Council, we will have discussion on it,” Hazarika informed TOI.
Surprisingly, GU vice-chancellor PJ Handique mentioned he has not acquired any letter relating to CUET from the upper schooling division. “We will continue admission like the previous sessions. Colleges will decide on the admission system independently,” Handique mentioned.
As per mandate of Assam Rajya Shiksha Aayog, the state-level apex physique on schooling associated issues, a convention of VCs was held lately on the GU. It entrusted accountability on a gaggle of VCs to determine whether or not to take part in CUET from this yr, however the resolution is but to be made public.
Even as different main universities of the state, like Gauhati University (GU), are but to debate the matter on the highest degree, the CU govt council has given the a lot wanted approval from the varsity’s govt council (EC) to affix CUET.
“Official formalities will be completed soon to link up the university with CUET admission mechanism. All students, who are willing to join CU, will appear in CUET, unless the state government alters the decision on it,” a supply in CU informed TOI on Tuesday.
Students in numerous elements of the nation are registering themselves within the ongoing CUET-UG 2023 that commenced on Thursday. The registration course of will proceed until March 12.
TOI had earlier reported that the secretary to the state greater schooling division, Narayan Konwar, wrote to all vice-chancellors of the state universities in Assam clarifying that the varsities should take part in CUET from the upcoming tutorial session. All of them should take part within the all-India degree take a look at to be performed by the NTA to get admission in UG and PG programs in varied faculties and universities. The VCs had been additionally urged to organize the syllabus by February, to make sure implementation of NEP, 2020 from 2023-24 tutorial yr.
With lower than a month left for the end result of the registration course of and hardly any consciousness among the many common college students about CUET, the Class 12 college students could also be put in a quandary.
While among the senior most officers of GU stay out of loop of the developments relating to CUET, Dibrugarh University VC Prof Jiten Hazarika informed TOI that they are going to focus on the CUET subject through the subsequent Academic Council assembly on February 22.
“We are not directly involved with the college admissions, though they are affiliated to the university. Since the college representative is there in the Academic Council, we will have discussion on it,” Hazarika informed TOI.
Surprisingly, GU vice-chancellor PJ Handique mentioned he has not acquired any letter relating to CUET from the upper schooling division. “We will continue admission like the previous sessions. Colleges will decide on the admission system independently,” Handique mentioned.
As per mandate of Assam Rajya Shiksha Aayog, the state-level apex physique on schooling associated issues, a convention of VCs was held lately on the GU. It entrusted accountability on a gaggle of VCs to determine whether or not to take part in CUET from this yr, however the resolution is but to be made public.
