New Delhi: Universities can conduct their own entrance exams for undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses if seats remain vacant after the regular admission rounds, said the University Grants Commission on Thursday.
The decision has been taken with the aim of ensuring that no seat is left unfilled in any programme.
UGC Chairman Prof M Jagadesh Kumar said every seat is valuable in universities, and the UGC has provided standard operating procedures (SOP) to the universities in utilising Common University Entrance Test scores for the admission process.
"This procedure includes multiple admissions rounds to fill seats. Central universities typically use the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores for admissions. If, after the first, second, and third rounds of admissions using CUET scores, some seats still remain vacant, the UGC has advised universities to relax the subject criteria to accommodate more students," Jagadesh Kumar said.
"In cases where seats are still not filled, universities are permitted to conduct their own entrance exams at the university level to fill these vacancies," he added.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) last week announced the results for the CUET-UG, paving the way to begin the undergraduate admission process, which has been delayed this year. (with Agency inputs)
