The National Testing Agency has been mandated by the Ministry of Education and UGC to conduct a Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admission into all Postgraduate Programmes in all Central Universities, other participating Universities / Institutions / Organizations / Autonomous Colleges since 2022.
The CUET (PG) was introduced in the country for the first time in 2022. The CUET (PG) provides a single window opportunity to students seeking admission in any of the Central Universities (CUs) or other participating organizations (including State Universities, Deemed and Private Universities) across the Country.
The NTA conducted the CUET (PG) – on 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, and 28 March 2024 completely in CBT mode in 572 different centres located in 262 cities including 09 cities outside India i.e. Manama, Dubai, Kathmandu, Muscat, Riyadh, Ottawa, Abu Dhabi, Vienna, and Qatar.
For the Academic Session 2024-25, the Common University Entrance Test (PG) – 2024 [CUET (PG) – 2024] was conducted for about 4,62,603 unique registered candidates and administered 7,68,414 tests. A total of 190 Universities (Central/State/Private and others) are participating in CUET (PG) – 2024. Details for the same are given below:
i. Central Universities – 38 ii. State Government Universities – 38 iii. Government Institutions – 09 iv. Others (Private and Deemed Universities) – 105
The CUET (PG) – 2024 provided access and flexibility in the following ways: ▪ The candidates applied for various courses which were tested under 157 Question Paper Codes ▪ The total number of Question Papers was 240 in different mediums and the number of Questions was 18000. These were used over 15 days and 44 Shifts. ▪ CUET (PG) – 2024 was conducted in bilingual (English and Hindi) Humanities, Sciences, and Common Papers (76). The language papers were conducted in the concerned language, M.Tech subjects in English only (13), Acharya papers (27) in Sanskrit, and a few subjects were held in trilingual (English, Hindi, and Sanskrit). ▪ Grievances of individual students based on their experience in CUET (PG) – 20234 have also been considered.
▪ For the preparation of Question papers, about 950 subject Experts and 200 translators were involved in the massive exercise of preparing the Question Papers for CUET (PG) – 2024.
The Role of NTA is confined to the Registration of candidates, conduct of the test, hosting of answer keys, inviting challenges, finalizing answer keys, preparing and declaring results, and hosting Score Card. A merit list will be prepared by participating Universities/organizations. Universities will decide about their individual counselling based on the Scorecard of CUET (PG) – 2024 provided by NTA.
Number of registered candidates (unique) 462603 Number of tests administered 768414 Male Candidates 353044 Female Candidates 415350 Third gender Candidates 20 General Candidates 289039 SC Candidates 84661 ST Candidates 55974 OBC Candidates 269830 EWS Candidates 68910 Number of Cities where the exam was conducted 262 Number of universities 190
The Examination was monitored in the following ways:-
A Central Control Room was opened to monitor and facilitate the smooth conduct of the Examination on the ground. 02 National Coordinators, 18 Regional Coordinators, 303 City Coordinators, 650 Observers, and 150 Deputy Observers were deployed.
Live CCTV Surveillance was planned in all examination centres to curb malpractices in the examination. The NTA also made arrangements for live viewing of remote locations of all examination centres from the Control Room located in the NTA premises of New Delhi. Recording of CCTV Systems was also done.
The examination centres were also monitored using AI-based Video Analytics and Virtual Observers.
In order to stop cheating using mobile networks, Jammers were installed in all the Centres to prevent unfair practices by the candidates during the examination through mobile or any other electronic device. The latest 5G Jammers were installed at all examination Centres for the first time.
In order to make the system transparent, the Candidates will be given an opportunity to see their responses to the Question Papers and to challenge the Answer Keys. Challenges received online will be placed before the concerned Subject Experts for verification. The result will prepared based on the Final Answer Keys and the same will be declared on the website https://pgcuet.samarth.ac.in/
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