CUET UG 2022: Everything You Need To Know

Recently, there has been a lot of buzz around CUET for admissions into central universities after Class 12. After the introduction of CUET, there has been a lot of confusion among the 10+2 students with the overall changes in the admission process. With a lot of hype around entrance examinations for professional courses like engineering, medicine, architecture, pharmacy, entrance exams for degree courses has raised a dilemma among the students whether to concentrate on XII board exams or entrance examinations. Read on to find out more details on CUET UG 2022:

What is CUET?

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has declared that admissions into Undergraduate courses for all the central universities will be through the CUET (Common University Entrance Test) and there will be less or negligible consideration given to the Class 12 Board examination marks. Formerly known as CUCET (Central University Common Entrance Test), CUET will be conducted in the first week of July 2022. All the 45 centrally funded universities including popular central universities like Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Central University of Karnataka, Central University of Rajasthan Central University of Punjab, etc.  will enroll students as per their score in CUET. The UGC iterated the Class 12 board examination marks can still be a part of the eligibility criteria, raising doubts over the weightage of the marks. Conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), CUET is a Computer Based Test (CBT). 

Not a novel concept

With the implementation of National Education Policy 2020, CUET has been strongly recommended and is not a novel concept. The test was primarily conducted in 2010 by 7 central universities for admission to 1500 seats covering undergraduate, postgraduate and integrated courses. A total of 12 central universities including Assam University, University of Kerala, University of Haryana, University of Karnataka had taken admissions via CUET till 2021-22. 

Exam Pattern – CUET 2022

The CUET examination papers will have three key segments. The first part comprises language, the second part constitutes specific subjects which the students want to pursue in graduation and the third part includes general ability. 

The language section is segregated into 1A with 13 language papers and Section 1B with 19 language papers. When a student is aspiring to study a specific language in graduation, the language needs to be selected in 1B section. The student can opt for a total of 3 languages collectively from section 1A and 1B. 

The domain-specific part will comprise 27 subjects from which the student can appear for a maximum of 6 subjects. For any subject devoid from the list, the student may opt for the subject which is meticulously related to the 27 subjects. For instance, to study biotechnology, one may opt for biology. The curriculum followed for the domain specific subjects will be adhering to the NCERT framework. 

The third part of CUET, the general part, will have assessment questions on general knowledge – current affairs, logical and analytical reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and mental ability. 

Quick Tips to prepare for CUET:

• Opt for the language and domain-specific subject which the student has studied for class 12 board examinations.
•  Prepare for class XII along with CUET given the changing criteria of universities
• Apart from the subject-learning, the students should prepare for General Knowledge and Awareness, Language, Logic and Reasoning.
• For the students who want to study a different subject from the class XII subjects, start preparing by studying the NCERT of the specific subject. For instance, if a student’s major subject is Science and wants to pursue psychology in graduation, the student should start reading class XI and class XII NCERT books of psychology. 

Key Benefits of CUET:

• The exam will be held in 13 languages (includes English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Odia, English, Assamese), which will be an advantage to the students to give CUET in their preferred language. 
• CUET will now consider students from different boards on the same level, inducing uniformity among providing marks to class 12 students and will provide equal opportunity for students who want to pursue a degree from eminent universities. 
• CUET will alter the conventional academic structure by increasing the inclination to aspects like critical thinking, conceptual understanding and comprehension over subject syllabus. 

Cons of CUET:

• The “One nation, one Test” concept appears to be ideal, but blatantly neglects that not everyone can have equal access to resources. 
• There will be a surge in the ‘coaching culture’ and only those who can manage the fees for the same will be at the receiving end for the benefits. 
• The admissions to UG courses with the help of CUET will invoke an absolute erosion of the XI and XII grades. 
• The autonomy of the colleges, particularly the minority colleges will be affected. 
• Implementing CUET for the academic session of 2022-23 is a problem for the present batch of students having an online mode of learning induced by COVID-19 pandemic and may have academic pressure.   

Focus Points:

Duration: 3 hours and 30 minutes

Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Format: Computer based Test

Syllabus: Class 12 NCERT (National Council for Educational Research)

Pattern: 3 Sections, Part 1: Language, Part 2: Subject-specific domain, Part 3: General Knowledge and Aptitude

Official Website: https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/  

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