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Vijay Garg
Quality has been the focal point of the education system since ancient times. Discussions have been going on for a long time whether quality can be ensured along with providing opportunities and capabilities for education. Particularly in the Indian context, where there is widespread socio-economic disparity. One of the criteria of quality is the employability of graduates, which is considerable in India. The National Education Policy recommends several reforms to ensure quality and employable education. These include conducting public entrance examinations for admission to universities to bring quality, uniformity and transparency in the admission process and to ensure equal opportunities for the entrants.
At present, three types of admission process are in vogue in Indian universities. As Delhi University admits students only on the basis of marks obtained in class 12th board examinations, in some subjects the cut-off goes up to 99 per cent. As a result, competition arises among the students of class-XII to get higher percentage score instead of learning and understanding. As a result, the basic purpose and essence of education is affected. Furthermore, the standards of boards across the country, especially the evaluation system, are not uniform as some boards are overly liberal in awarding marks, while others are conservative. Thus it is not justified to admit students on the basis of board marks only. JNU, BHU, Dr. Harisingh Gour University etc. Some institutes conduct their own separate entrance examinations on All India level, due to which students have to appear for entrance examinations at multiple centers, as well as pay several times the fee for admission. have to do. Some central universities have been conducting CUCETs since 2015 to admit students to undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses, and in 2020 their number had increased to 14. The demographics of students in these central universities vary; As such the Central University of Punjab currently has students from 26 states and four union territories representing the diverse communities and cultures of the country.
During the last one and a half years, there were intense discussions by the Ministry of Education, UGC and NTA to frame the entrance examinations for undergraduate and postgraduate courses and to rationalize the different eligibility and admission criteria especially for CUET in different subjects. NTA has already successfully conducted such examinations last year for admission to twelve central universities apart from conducting separate entrance examinations for JNU and BHU, and is now going to conduct it on a wider scale on an all India level. Is.
The computer-based CUET for admission to undergraduate courses will be in three sections consisting of multiple choice questions from the NCERT syllabus of Class-XII. Section IA will consist of a language test in any one of the 13 languages; on any one of the 20 languages in Section IB; on any six specific subjects out of the 27 in Section II; And in Section III there will be examination for those graduate programs where necessary. CUET for postgraduate courses will be on domain based subjects.
The marks of the board are not considered for admission to undergraduate courses. However, universities may take the board exam scores as eligibility for participation in CUET. Admission to undergraduate courses in central universities and affiliated colleges will be compulsorily based on CUET scores, while for postgraduate programs it is elective for the next academic session.
Reservation policies will be as per the ordinances of the respective universities. NTA will have different examination centers in each state so that even the students from far flung areas can have uninterrupted access to the examination centres. The counseling will be conducted by the respective central universities on the basis of CUET score. Universities will be free to form the basis for filling up the vacant seats; Hence the total enrollment will not decrease. CUET scores can be used by state universities, deemed universities and private universities for admission. The highlight of CUET is that it will be conducted in 12 Indian languages (Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali and Oriya) besides English language barriers.
CUET will be generic in nature, which will test the knowledge, learning propensity and critical thinking ability of the students in a broad sense. It provides an opportunity to teachers and students to orient themselves towards self-learning and to reorient themselves to learn according to the current needs. CUET-2022 will be a new stage in the higher education system of India. This will remove the hurdles of higher cut off. Equal-participation opportunity for the students of diverse socio-economic strata and equal opportunities in education will ensure access of the common student to the preferred educational institutions and pave the way for healthy competition for learning. |
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