CUET UG 2022: In order to accommodate applicants' choice of examination centre, officials have postponed CUET UG for more than 11,000 applicants to August 30, who was scheduled to appear in the fourth phase of the examination. From August 17 to 20, a total of 3.72 lakh applicants were scheduled to take the Central Universities Entrance Test-Undergraduate.

"The exam for over 11,000 out of 3.72 lakh applicants has been postponed to August 30 to accommodate their choice of city for the exam centre. NTA has increased the capacity at centres and also added more exam centres, besides making efforts to ensure that the quality of the centres is enhanced," UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said.

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"It has also been decided to station additional technical manpower by deploying the facility of Associate Professor level as a technical observer at every centre to ensure smooth conduct of examinations," he added.

The second phase of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) was marred with glitches, forcing the agency to cancel exams at various centres. Mr Kumar had last week said the exam was cancelled at various centres following indications and reports of "sabotage".