CUET 'No retest for CUET': University panel chief on students missing entrance exam
New Delhi/IBNS: No retest will be held for those who missed Friday's Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for undergraduate admissions to central universities, University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar said this evening.
This came after reports from several cities stated that students missed the paper due to sudden changes in exam centres.
The first-ever CUET is being conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in two phases.
Of the 14.9 lakh students who registered across subjects, more than halfare in the first phase to be held on July 15, 16, 19 and 20. Phase 2 is in August.
However, the 197 candidates at West Bengal's New Jalpaiguri and Punjab's Pathankot, where the test was cancelled due to technical issues, are likely to get another chance, NTA officials have told news agencies.
Attendance was about 85 per cent on the first day, the UGC chairman said in a video statement sent to journalists.
He first gave details of arrangements of 5,000 security cameras, and 1,500 mobile-signal jammers being installed and then spoke to about the missed chances.
He said students had been advised to reach two hours in advance. There is a "grace period" of 30 minutes after the start of the exam, he said, after which "no one is allowed to take the exam".
Some news agencies reported earlier that NTA officials said students would get a second chance; but the UGC chairman said, "There is no way we can hold a retest for them."
Kumar further claimed that if students reached on time at a centre other than the one assigned, "they are allowed".
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