PwBD candidates to be given additional time for CUET: DU

New Delhi: Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) candidates appearing for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) will be given additional time during the exam, the Delhi University informed on Friday. The exam will have four parts — Section IA (13 languages), Section IB (20 languages), Section II (27 domain specific subjects) and Section III (general test). This is the first time, the DU will be holding admissions through the CUET.

Till last year, the Delhi University admitted students on the basis of marks cut-off in Class 12 board exams.

Addressing a webinar, Haneet Gandhi, Dean (admissions) informed PwBD (i.e. person who has benchmark disability of 40 per cent or more) candidates who have physical limitations to write including that of speed will only be allowed the facility to use the services of a scribe.

She said that for common candidates, 45 minutes each will be given for Section 1A and 1B of the test. However, extra 15 minutes will be given for each section for a PwBD candidate. Similarly, for Section II, additional 15 minutes will be given for each domain-specific subject. "For section III, that is a general test, 60 minutes will be given to a common candidate but for PwBD candidates, 20 minutes extra will be allotted," Gandhi

said.