Students sitting for CUET UG 2025 are in limbo as NTA's subject policy generates uncertainty in university admissions.

With less than a week left for the Common University Entrance Test - Undergraduate (CUET UG) 2025 registrations, students are stuck in confusion over choosing subjects with the recent alterations in admission policies.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has allowed candidates to appear for the CUET UG in subjects they did not study in Class XII, but universities like Delhi University (DU) have clarified that admissions will be given on the basis of school subjects studied. Therefore, students now have to personally check each university's admission requirements, adding more challenges.

CUET UG 2025 registration ends on March 22, and the entrance test will be the door to undergraduate admissions in 302 Indian universities. According to Navbharat Times, in NTA's information bulletin, the name of 46 central universities is mentioned, but in another portion of the same paper, 47 universities are mentioned. CUET UG 2025 comprises:

47 central universities

42 state universities

34 deemed universities

10 other government-aided colleges

169 private universities

Adding to the suspense, NTA has not issued the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) document for CUET UG 2025 yet, in contrast to last year when 127 questions were solved in an official FAQ list.

Career counsellor Alok Bansal added that FAQs are important, since students cannot always read the whole information bulletin. "FAQ is a necessary process since it gives students short answers to frequent queries," he said.

To sail through these uncertainties, students are taking the help of school teachers. SK Gupta, Chairman of VSPK Education Society, mentioned that teachers are getting lots of calls from students asking for help in the application process.

In the same way, Dr Sanchita Gupta, Principal of VSPK International School, Rohini, also asserted that teachers are personally helping students by reading the information bulletin and offering required clarifications.

The CUET UG 2025 is still an important step in the process of undergraduate admissions, but without definite directions from NTA, students have the task of identifying subject eligibility themselves.