{"id":235371,"date":"2024-02-23T00:24:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=235371"},"modified":"2024-02-23T00:24:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:54:17","slug":"normalisation-of-scores-likely-to-be-done-away-with-for-cuet-ug-ugc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/02\/23\/normalisation-of-scores-likely-to-be-done-away-with-for-cuet-ug-ugc\/","title":{"rendered":"Normalisation of scores likely to be done away with for CUET-UG: UGC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NEW DELHI, 22 Feb:<\/strong> Normalisation of scores for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG is likely to be done away with this year with the National Testing Agency (NTA) planning a rejig of the crucial exam for its third edition, according to top officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exam, which is spread over a month, is likely to be conducted in a shorter duration as the agency is contemplating a hybrid mode, including OMR sheets and a computer-based test. The move will also ensure that most of the students get a chance to take the exam in a city of their choice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The NTA is working on the possibility of conducting papers with a large registration in the OMR mode. This will help us choose a large number of schools as test centres. This will ensure that the students will get a centre within their town or city and do not have to travel to faraway places,&#8221; University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar told PTI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Adopting the pen-and-paper mode for subjects with a large registration and a computer-based test for papers with a smaller registration will ensure that the CUET-UG can be conducted in a shorter duration, unlike in the last two years. The hybrid mode promotes equal opportunities for all, ensuring that geographical constraints do not hinder the students&#8217; educational aspirations in rural and remote areas,&#8221; Kumar said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that conducting the exam for a subject on a single day would eliminate the need for normalisation of scores.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;For the last two years, we had to conduct the test for the same paper over a period of two or three days in our endeavour to provide the first-choice centre to the students as much as possible. But this year, by adopting the OMR mode, a large number of centres will be available at schools and colleges, enabling us to conduct the test across the country on the same day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;If the test is conducted on multiple days for the same paper, normalisation is required and it is a scientific method,&#8221; the UGC chairman said. (PTI)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, 22 Feb: Normalisation of scores for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG is likely to be done away with this year with the National Testing Agency (NTA) planning a rejig of the crucial exam for its third edition, according to top officials. The exam, which is spread over a month, is likely to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-235371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}