The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) has become an ordeal for students whose exams are being randomly cancelled with many being allotted dates which are a fortnight away. There are others who are still guessing when their exam will be held. There is no method in this madness.
While the National Testing Agency (NTA) claims it had informed the students on Friday, through SMS and email, about the cancellation of an exam to be held on Saturday, some students and their parents TOI spoke to denied they had received any intimation. As a result, they landed up at the centres this morning, only to be turned back, something they have now learnt to dread.
The NTA had cancelled the exams at 53 centres on Friday with 32 of them being in Delhi. "I didn't receive any information till Saturday morning," said a student, Sandhya. "So, I went from my home at Rohini to the centre at Noida with my father. Only after reaching there did I find the exam had been postponed to a later date. I never received any communication."
A Delhi University professor told TOI: "My domestic help travelled from Karol Bagh to Najafgarh at a considerable expense only to find the exam cancelled."
The NTA's flip-flop is now making many students wonder whether it would be able to implement the process smoothly at a later date or not. Since August 4, when the second phase of CUET started, several exams have been cancelled due to technical glitches.
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