DU, AMU among varsities not opting for CUET-PG

NEW DELHI: A day after the University Grants Commission (UGC) announced that a common university entrance test (CUET-PG) will be conducted for admission to masters’ courses in central universities and other participating institutions, 35 out of 45 central universities will opt for the option, the admission bulletin released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) stated.

On the other hand, some prominent universities including, Delhi University (DU), Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) won’t be opting for the CUET-PG this year. The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday announced that a common university entrance test (CUET-PG) will be conducted for admission to masters courses in central universities and other participating institutions.

“The CUET-PG was launched so that students don’t have to write multiple entrance examinations.

“We have decided not to make it mandatory for anyone as of now,” said UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar. The CUET-PG will be conducted by the NTA, which is also conducting CUET-UG, in July last week.

As per the NTA information bulletin, the central universities that are not participating are DU, AMU, Jamia, University of Allahabad, Assam University, Mizoram University, and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University, among others.

“Since the CUET-PG is not mandatory for central universities like CUET-UG, DU has decided not to adopt it this year,” DU registrar Vikas Gupta said. “Jamia is almost concluding its registration process for postgraduate admissions. It won’t be possible to take any decision regarding CUET-PG at this moment.,” said an official.