University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar, today, Thursday, July 13, announced that the results of the Common University Entrance Test for Undergraduate courses (CUET UG) would be announced by July 17. Earlier, the results were expected to be announced by July 15.
"The CUET-UG results will be announced latest by July 17. When we announce the results, it should be error-free," Kumar said. "And look at the complexity of administering the CUET UG — 841 question papers were used, 214 in different languages, 534 in English and Hindi and 93 in 11 regional languages as the medium. The total number of questions in these papers was 1.48 lakh," he added, as mentioned in a report by PTI.
"Candidates were allowed to challenge the keys from June 29 to July 1. About 25,782 answer key challenges were received, of which 3,886 were unique. Processing all this data and finalisation of the results takes time. Once this is over, the result committee will examine the data and give the go-ahead for the result announcement. The National Testing Agency (NTA) is targeting to announce the results latest by Monday and even earlier," he said further.
The undergraduate admission process will begin at over 200 universities across India after the declaration of the results. More than 14 lakh applications were received for the CUET UG this year, registering a 41 per cent increase from its first edition last year.
CUET UG is the second-largest entrance exam in the country in terms of the number of applicants. In its first edition, 12.5 lakh students had registered for the exam and 9.9 lakh submitted their applications. Unlike last year, the exam was conducted in three shifts this year, as per PTI.
