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Private varsities bat for varied selection processes along with CUET-Education News

The UGC recently invited the private and deemed universities to accept the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores for admissions to undergraduate progammes, while some universities and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

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are still in the decision-making process, others are planning to retain different parameters for admissions followed earlier along with the CUET scores due to the centralised exam’s limitations. Even after a year of its implementation, the Common University Entrance Test has not become popular among institutions. In 2022, CUET-led admissions debut year, roughly 90 universities participated, while in 2023, the number of participating universities has risen to 116 with 26 new universities confirming their participation. The central universities that had stayed away from 2022, will also be accepting the CUET-based admissions to undergrad programmes this year. There are 1,113 universities, 43,796 colleges and 11,296 standalone institutions in India according to All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021.

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