8 deemed-to-be universities interested in CUET 2022: UGC Chairman
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UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said that eight deemed-to-be universities, including TISS and Jamia Hamdard are interested in CUET 2022.
On Monday, the University Grand Commission, UGC, chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said that eight deemed-to-be universities, including the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and Jamia Hamdard have expressed a desire to use Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores to admit students to undergraduate courses.
The Chairperson held a meeting with the vice-chancellors and directors of these eight deemed universities. Beside
UGC chairperson, M Jagadesh Kumar held a meeting on Monday with vice-chancellors and directors of the eight deemed universities which receive maintenance grants from UGC. BesideTISS, Mumbai, and Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, the other six universities included: Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Dindigul Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, Avinashilingam Institute of Home Sciences, Coimbatore, and Ramakrishna Vivekananda Educational Research Institute, Kolkata.
Last week, Kumar said that CUET scores will be mandatory for admission to 45 central universities for undergraduate programmes.
On Sunday, he also wrote to vice-chancellors of other universities to use CUET scores for admission to undergraduate programmes.
“I made it clear to them that the existing reservation policies of the institutes will not be affected and they can continue to admit students in undergraduate programmes as per existing reservation policies except that the admission has to be based on CUET score," he further added.
(With PTI inputs)
