Shillong, May 24: The North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) on Tuesday encouraged students who have already registered for the CUET 2022 to appear for the said entrance test as it will broaden the prospects of students to take admission in other central universities of the country.
In a statement, NEHU said, as is already evident from the previous records, the representation of the North-East students, especially the Meghalaya students in other central universities is miniscule.
Therefore, CUET brings the opportunity for the students of our state to take admissions in other central universities which run different courses which may not be available in NEHU, it added.
This came after the University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to exempt the affiliated colleges of 9 Central Universities including the North-Eastern Hill University from the purview of the CUET (UG) 2022 and allowed them to proceed with ‘admission in 2022-23 academic session only’ as per the past practices.
Accordingly, admission process in the affiliated colleges of the NEHU shall be carried out as per practices followed in the earlier years and without any reference to the CUET (UG) 2022 score of aspiring applicants seeking admission in these colleges for the academic session 2022-23 only.
Meanwhile, the NEHU authority said that the exposure brought by the CUET to gain admission in other central universities will widen the scope and horizon which are required by the students of our state in present times.
It said with regards to the admissions in UG courses run by NEHU in its campus all admissions will be done through CUET except the B.Tech courses which takes into account the JEE score.
Furthermore, the UGC has already notified the dates of registration for CUET 2022 for PG courses. NEHU, being a central university, will admit students to PG courses through CUET. As such students are advised and encouraged to register for CUET 2022 for PG courses, it stated.
