Jammu, June 13: National Conference (NC) provincial president Jammu Rattan Lal Gupta on Tuesday termed the government as incompetent for allowing “chaos” in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET), saying thousands of students were allotted exam centers outside the state, causing inconvenience and distress.
In a statement issued here, the senior NC leader said students are facing undue harassment as they are forced to move out of the state to take entrance exams for getting admission to the university. He added, “The sequence of events unraveled the truth about the glaring lack of communication between the National Testing Agency (NTA) and Jammu and Kashmir Government, particularly the Higher Education Department (HED) regarding the conduct of the CUET UG-2023 exam. Why this system is introduced without creating infrastructure to hold CUET in J&K?”
Rattan Lal also highlighted the “grave injustice” faced by students residing in far-flung areas of J&K, saying it severely disadvantages students from the remote, inaccessible and backward areas of the Jammu region. “This arrangement puts an undue burden on students who already face various challenges, including limited access to resources, infrastructure, and transportation facilities. Holding the exam outside the state further exacerbates the difficulties faced by these students and is a clear violation of their rights to equal educational opportunities,” he said.
“If the government had dealt with the case proactively, the problems of the students could have been alleviated and the unnecessary stress and inconvenience faced by them during the crucial examinations were also assuaged. But the government being inept allowed things to deteriorate thus forcing the CUET aspirants to face undue trauma and inconvenience,” the NC leader said.
