The University Grants Commission (UGC) has allowed universities to hold their entrance exams for admission to different undergraduate and postgraduate programs if there are still vacant seats after the regular admission process.
The decision has been taken to ensure that no seat is left unfilled in any programme.
Speaking to ANI, UGC Chairman Prof M Jagadesh Kumar said every seat is valuable in universities, and the UGC has provided standard operating procedures (SOP) to the universities in utilising Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores for the admission process.
“This procedure includes multiple admissions rounds to fill seats. Central universities typically use the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores for admissions. If, after the first, second, and third rounds of admissions using CUET scores, some seats still remain vacant, the UGC has advised universities to relax the subject criteria to accommodate more students,” Jagadesh Kumar said.
Following the COVID pandemic, many universities across India have adopted the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admitting students to UG and PG courses.
This move comes amid complaints from some universities about being “forced” to participate in CUET and being denied permission to conduct their own entrance tests, despite facing delays in admissions and persistent issues with vacant seats year after year.
