The third edition of the Common University Entrance Test-Under-graduate will be completed in seven days and there will be no normalisation of scores as all exams will be conducted in a single shift, the National Testing Agency announced on Saturday. For 15 subjects, tests will be in pen-paper mode and for the other 48 subjects the exam will be held in computer-based mode, it said.
This year, over 13.4 lakh candidates have registered for the common entrance test for admis- sion to undergraduate courses in 261 central, state, deemed and private universities, the National Testing Agency (NTA) said.
Hindu University and Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, were the top three most- favoured universities for the ap- plicants. Last year, the Common University Entrance Test-Under-graduate (CUET-UG) was held in 34 days and 93 shifts to avoid technical glitches.
In the first edition of the exam in 2022, the test was plagued by technical glitches. Also, the long duration was due to a particular subject being conducted over multiple shifts.