CUET will lead to mushrooming of coaching centres: Rymbui

SHILLONG, MAR 23: Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui on Wednesday said the decision that all admission to undergraduate courses be based on the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) will be a big disadvantage to the students of the state.

Speaking to reporters, Rymbui said, “This is a good decision but from information I gathered, most of the test will be based on the NCERT textbooks and this will bring a huge disadvantage to the state board not only in Meghalaya but in other states…”

He added that it will also be a big disadvantage to students from rural areas, who do not have any facilities.

“From what I have seen in the past years when the government introduced that all admission into the engineering schools will be through JEE, we have seen that many students not only have to study but also to go side by side coaching so that they could crack the JEE whether prelims or mains or as the case maybe. When it comes to medical studies, we have also seen that the students have to devote both for study or normal courses and also for their entrance exams. Moreover, this will bring mushrooming of coaching centres where it will be quite a disadvantage to poor students from remote rural areas of the state,” he said.

Asked, the education minister said he is yet to know the nitty-gritty of the decision. “However, we will see that as much as possible students of the state will not be at the disadvantage,” he assured.

According to him, the state government will see what needs to be done since the issue does not only confine to the state of Meghalaya.