Union Education Minister Declares No CUET for NEHU, North-Eastern Central Universities and Others

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No CUET for NEHU, North-Eastern Central Universities and Others

New Delhi: Northeastern Central Universities have been exempted from admission through CUET 2023. Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan has written a letter to the Chief Minister, Conrad K Sharma that the exemption has been extended for 2023-24 session considering the present situation. The central universities including Sikkim University, Rajiv Gandhi University, Manipur University, Assam University, Tezpur University, Nagaland University, Tripura University, Mizoram University, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), and Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (HNBGU) Uttarakhand have been exempted from CUET. “Keeping in view the present situation, it has been decided that the above exemption may be extended for one more year for 2023-24,” Pradhan said in the letter. CM Sangma thanked the education minister in a tweet and said, “Thank Hon’ble Union Education Minister, Sh dpradhanbjp ji for considering our request on behalf of our students to exempt the colleges in Meghalaya affiliated to NEHU to come under the purview of #CUET for 2023-2024, allowing them to continue with existing admission practices.” <

blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank Hon’ble Union Education Minister, Sh.<a href="https://twitter.com/dpradhanbjp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dpradhanbjp</a> ji for considering our request on behalf of our students to exempt the colleges in Meghalaya affiliated to NEHU to come under the purview of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CUET?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CUET</a> for 2023-2024, allowing them to continue with existing admission practices. <a href="https://t.co/gTAkOFLxLs">pic.twitter.com/gTAkOFLxLs</a></p>— Conrad K Sangma (@SangmaConrad) <a href="https://twitter.com/SangmaConrad/status/1637036206721495041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Previously Sangma had written to the Union Chief Minister asking for an exemption of the students of Meghalaya from admission to UG Cpurses through CUET 2023 in the current academic session. In the letter, Sangma said that the recent assembly election has resulted in the delay of the state board examination giving students "unprecedented challenges" to attempt the CUET exams.

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