STUDENTS APPARING in the fisrt phase of the Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate (CUET) 2022 complained about technical glitches during the exam in Mohali on Friday. The exam was conducted at Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology, Phase 2, Mohali.
Many aspirants from different states had travelled to appear for the CUET. Candidates were only informed about the exam centres on July 13, which made them more anxious. In slot 1 examination, most students appeared for English, General test, Mathematics, Legal Studies and Geography. Aspirants appearing for maths and legal studies found the paper difficult compared to other subjects.
Akanksha, from Chandigarh, appeared for Physical Education and General Test. She said, “In Physical Education almost all the questions were out of NCERT, there were paragraph based questions that were challenging to complete. Technical problems arose suddenly and distracted my mind”. At the same location, in the evening shift, she had another exam for History, Geography, and English.
Pal Zes from Ladakh appeared for the exam in three subjects: Information Practice, English, Geography. “The legal studies test was the most difficult of the three, the questions required a lot of time. Apart from that, I faced some technical glitches. The system was shut down once, and hanged several times,” Zes said.
Sayiam Soni, from Jammu came all the way to give the test in General Studies, Political Science, English, and Sociology. “I did all of my own test preparation using YouTube videos and NCERT books. No doubt the exam was quite easy as expected, only the system got blacked out, which wasted my 30 minutes. But thankfully, I got extra time,” he said.
“Maths exam was difficult. I did not get time to preview the answers, ” says Sonam Angma, a candidate from Ladakh.
A total of 500 cities from India and 10 cities abroad are conducting the first phase of (CUET) 2022 exam.
A total of 14,90,000 students registered for the exam this year, out of which 8,10,000 have been allotted Phase I and 6,80,000 have been taken in Phase II. The the first phase will take place on July 15, 16, 19 and 20 and the second phase will be held on August 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10.
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