As per latest reports, National Testing Agency will conduct a single common entrance test for all 54 Central Universities in India. This would be aimed at eliminating the need of class 12 based cut off marks, and multiple entrance exams.
A seven member committee has been set up to look into the formation of such an exam. To this end, a “high quality aptitude test” is proposed. The exact guidelines for the exam are yet to be either decided or made public.
There will be a single computer based test. It will be mandatory for admission to all 54 Central Universities in India from the academic session 2021-22.
At present, a large number of these universities accept students on the basis of class 12 marks. This has often been a point of controversy, given that cut offs have been touching sky high marks like 99%, 100% in the recent years. This renders students with even 90%-95% without a seat. Also, different boards have skewed percentage graphs – in some education boards students easily score 90%+, whereas in others, getting such scores is not feasible. With an entrance exam, students will get a chance to compete at a common level.
As per the National Education Policy, the exam should be offered two times in a year. Professor RP Tiwari, VC of Central University of Punjab is chairing the committee set up to decide upon the exam. More details will be provided soon.
List of 54 Central Universities for which this exam will be conducted:
- Central University of Andhra Pradesh
- Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh
- The National Sanskrit University
- Assam University
- Tezpur University
- Rajiv Gandhi University
- Central University of South Bihar
- Mahatma Gandhi Central University
- Nalanda University
- Dr.Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
- Chhattisgarh Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya
- Delhi Indira Gandhi National Open University
- Jamia Millia Islamia
- Jawahar Lal Nehru University
- South Asian University
- University of Delhi
- The Central Sanskrit University
- Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University
- Central University of Gujarat
- Central University of Haryana
- Central University of Himachal Pradesh
- Central University of Kashmir
- Central University of Jammu
- Central University of Jharkhand
- Central University of Karnataka
- Central University of Kerala
- Dr.Hari singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya
- The Indira Gandhi National Tribal University
- Maharashtra Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
- Manipur Central Agricultural University
- Manipur University
- National Sports University
- Mizoram University
- Meghalaya North Eastern Hill University
- Nagaland Nagaland University
- Central University of Orissa
- Pondicherry University
- Central University of Punjab
- Central University of Rajasthan
- Sikkim University
- Central University of Tamil Nadu
- Indian Maritime University
- English and Foreign Languages University
- Maulana Azad National Urdu University
- University of Hyderabad
- Tripura University
- Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University
- Banaras Hindu University
- University of Allahabad
- Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University
- Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University
- Visva Bharati