Shillong, June 14: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday requested the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to direct the National Testing Agency (NTA) to make alternative arrangements for the students of Meghalaya.
“It is my humble request to your good office to kindly intervene into the matter and issue necessary directions to NTA to make alternative arrangements in respect of the students of Meghalaya,” Sangma said in his letter to Pradhan.
The chief minister informed that the State Government has received numerous complaints from students of Meghalaya on the allocation of CUET centres outside the State of Meghalaya, such as Ranchi, Jharkhand, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Kolkata and other southern states of India which has left the students and their parents in disbelief and dismay and also has caused significant inconvenience and logistical challenges for the students, who were already preparing for the examination under the assumption that the centres would be allocated closer to their home.
“I am also to inform you that the admit cards were issued only in the morning of 14th June, 2023 to students who will have to appear the CUET on 16th June, 2023, thereby giving a very little time to make the necessary arrangements for travel and accommodation in other States,” Sangma said while adding that “such arrangements made by the NTA have deprived the students of our State the opportunity to pursue their education in other central universities located in different parts of the country”.
The chief minister further informed that the State has already requested NTA to set up the CUET centres in all 12 districts of Meghalaya in institutions which are having adequate infrastructure and testing facilities for CUET examination.
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