West Bengal state universities not adopting CUET UG scores for admission to UG courses

None of the state universities in West Bengal have adopted the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG model for admission to undergraduate courses, authorities said on Sunday. Vice-Chancellor of Diamond Harbour Women's University Soma Bandyopadhyay told PTI, "we have conducted the entrance test as directed by the state higher education department."

"Being a state university, we devise the admission criteria going by the directives of the state higher education department. There is no way we can adopt the CUET method or prepare any new merit list," she said.

The state-run Jadavpur University has already conducted it's own entrance tests for UG courses for various departments,



Jadavpur University Teachers' Association spokesperson Partha Pratim Roy said.

"No way we can adopt the CUET path for an institution like Jadavpur University which follows rigorous high-level admission procedures. All our disciplines - Science, Arts and Engineering - maintain high academic standards due to this admission process by JU. The uniform CUET route is not applicable for JU," he said.

The results of the CUET-UG were declared on September 16 by the National Testing Agency (NTA). "The merit lists will be prepared by participating universities who will decide about their individual counselling on the basis of CUET UG score card," said Sadhana Parashar, Senior Director (Exams), NTA.