Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, made the remarks Thursday at an interaction with principals of CBSE schools.
Out of 233 varsities that have registered for CUET this year, 118 are private universities. Nearly 14 lakh students have applied for the exam as compared to 9.9 lakh in 2022.
When CUET was introduced a year ago, there were fears coaching centres would reap biggest benefits. This hasn’t panned out yet, but there are signs it may just be a matter of time.
Like 22-yr-old Adarsh Kumar, hundreds of students from Bihar's Magadh University remain without a degree even 5 yrs later. Kumar, has now taken the CUET route to study at JNU in Delhi.
The results, which were to be cleared at 10 pm Thursday, were delayed by a few hours owing to a huge database. NTA said the universities will decide their own counselling procedure.
Jagadesh Kumar's comments came days after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said there are no plans to merge JEE & NEET with the Common University Entrance Test for next two years.
So far what we have seen of the 2024 elections is enough to indicate that the continuous slide of democratic standards is headed toward breaching the minimum threshold of an electoral democracy.
While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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