NTA promises fresh attempt for 5% candidates who missed CUET-UG 2026 exam due to tech glitch

FOllowing the technological glitch that wedged the CUET (UG) 2026 exams, the subject Testing government agency (NTA) has said the candidates who were wedged will be given another opportunity.“We know today's unfortunate technical disruption caused distress for some CUET (UG) 2026 candidates,” the NTA said in a post on X.Also read: ‘Need educated PM’: Kejriwal revives dig at Modi as CUET glitch adds to exam controversies“Candidates who did their Biometric Registration and were present at their examination centres today (i.e. 30.05.2026 in Shift-I), but couldn't complete their examination due to this technical glitch, will get an opportunity for examination.” The NTA earlier confirmed that Common University Entrance Test (CUET) faced disruptions at some centres on May 30 because of a technical glitch reported by its service provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).CUET-ug 2026 NTA technical glitchA technical snag impacted the CUET-UG 2026 exams for admissions into undergraduate degree programmes across India, the NTA said.The issue has since been resolved and the examination is being conducted with full compensatory time so that no candidate is disadvantaged, the agency said and added, “TCS has reported that a technical glitch at their end delayed the commencement of CUET UG 2026 at some centres on Saturday. The issue has since been resolved, and the exam is being conducted with full compensatory time so that no candidate is disadvantaged.”Several students and parents reported the delay on X and alleged lack of communication at the examination centres."Afternoon session timing (revised): Reporting/entry from 2:30 pm; examination begins at 4:00 pm instead of 3:00 pm," the NTA said.Morning session candidates are being given the full duration of the paper and are allowed to exit only after completion of the test, it said.NTA respondsThe NTA said that nearly 95% of around 73,000 candidates who appeared for the CUET-UG 2026 exams in 12 subjects completed their test."Around 5% or 3,765 candidates who were present and had completed biometric registration chose to leave before the exam could restart. These 3,765 candidates belong to all 533 exam centres across the country where examination was held including at Noida-64 exam centre. For these candidates, NTA will hold a rescheduled examination as a one-time measure. We have asked technical service provider, TCS iON, to conduct a root-cause analysis and submit its report immediately,” said a senior NTA official. Centre under fire over repeated exam fiascosThe Opposition leaders cornered the central government over repeated examination fiascos that have rattled the country over the past few weeks, including the NEET paper leak scam, CBSE OSM row and now the CUET glitch.Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia slammed the NTA and said that it hasn't been able to ‘conduct any exam properly’ and that the CUET exam has been made into a ‘joke’.“PM Modi's government made a central-level agency called National Testing Agency... They are not able to conduct any exam properly... Today, the NTA has made CUET into a joke... The students reached the centre today, and their times, dates and examination centres were changed. There is a lot of mismanagement... It is time that we demand a literate Prime Minister in the country,” Sisodia said. (AAP) leader and former Delhi CM Atishi launched a scathing attack on Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, seeing the CUET delay as yet another incident of mismanagement of national-level examinations.“First NEET, then CBSE, now CUET," she said in one of a series of X posts, pointing towards the NEET-UG paper leak, and the controversies around the Class 12 marking system of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).Congress MP and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi made a similar argument, adding the Service Selection Commission (SSC) exams as another instance of mismanagement and “dishonesty”.He said on X, “NEET. CBSE. SSC. And today CUET. Four exams. One crore children. Not a single one conducted with honesty.”