SHILLONG, March 10: Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has requested Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan to exempt Meghalaya from the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for a second year.
“Most of the colleges in the state are affiliated to the North-Eastern Hill University. I request your good office to kindly exempt the State of Meghalaya from conducting the CUET,” Sangma wrote to Pradhan on Friday, reminding the Union minister that the Centre had exempted Meghalaya from the purview of the CUET last year.
Sangma also mentioned that the state government has taken steps to create a State University, for which they would be receiving the approval of the Governor of Meghalaya.
“The State of Meghalaya has recently undergone a Legislative Assembly election the results of which have been declared last week. This has resulted in the delay of State Board examination and in this regard, students are facing unprecedented challenges to attempt the CUET for the State level under-graduate institutions,” he said.
