Meghalaya exempted from CUET for the academic year 2024-25

SHILLONG: Meghalaya has been exempted from the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for the academic year 2024-25. According to a letter from the Ministry of Education, the University Grants Commission (UGC) agreed to allow admissions in the affiliated colleges of Central University in the State of Meghalaya North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) as per the prevailing practice by giving exemption from CUET for the academic year 2024-25 only.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma thanked, the Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan for accepting the state’s request to exempt the state from the CUET. “The government of India has exempted Meghalaya and this will go a long way in actually helping our students,” Sangma said.

According to the Chief Minister, by next year the government is hopeful that most of the state’s colleges will be affiliated to the state’s university and hence CUET will not be required.

It may be mentioned that the Voice of the People Party (VPP) on Tuesday met state Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma.

Earlier, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has written to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan urging him to exempt the state from conducting Common University Entrance Test (CUET).

In a letter dated March 7, the Chief Minister said, "The State of Meghalaya has recently undergone a Legislative Assembly Election, the results of which have been declared last week. This has resulted in the delay of State Board examination and in this regard, students are facing unprecedented challenges to attempt the CUET for the State level undergraduate institutions." "In light of the above, and as most of the colleges in the state are affiliated to the North-Eastern Hill University, I request your good office to kindly exempt the State of Meghalaya from conducting the CUET," he added.

Sangma further said that he is grateful that the National Testing Agency (NTA) as a premier autonomous and self-sustained testing organization is conducting an entrance examination (CUET) for admission/fellowship to higher educational institutions to assess the competence of candidates for admissions which has always been a challenge.

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