A Parliamentary Standing Committee has raised concerns over the CUET, stating its MCQ-based format may not suit humanities and social sciences. It has called for a review of exam design and question quality in line with NEP 2020. The government noted the feedback, while CUET continues as a unified entrance test for central universities with over 13 lakh applicants in 2025.
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has flagged concerns over the Common University Entrance Test (CUET), saying its multiple-choice format may not suit humanities and social sciences, while calling for a review of its design and question quality in line with the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.
Committee concerns on CUET
The department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, headed by Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh, observed that CUET was brought from the 2022-23 academic year "to reduce the burden on students, universities, and the entire education system, and to bring candidates passing out from different boards on an equal footing".
However, some members of the Committee are not convinced of the merits of introducing the CUET as the universal admissions method for undergraduate studies, it said in a report submitted to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Tuesday.
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