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Rishita Singh, an 18-year-old from Varanasi who is aiming for a BA (Hons) degree from Delhi University, claims that her CUET score dropped by 70 points due to the normalization process. “The score I calculated on the basis of the final answer key was much more. My preliminary score was 776 (from 800) which has been reduced to 705 and this leaves me little chance of getting into the desired colleges of Delhi University,” she told Indianexpress.com.
UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar has defended the normalization process by saying that it is important in order to provide a “level playing field” for all students.
“First, we must remember that in a particular discipline, we are required to take CUET in multiple shifts in a subject due to the large number of students participating in the exam. For example, if the exam is in economics, NTA experts prepare multiple economics papers to use in shifts. Different.Despite our best efforts, the difficulty level of each paper will be slightly different from the other.Therefore, one needs to use standardized scores instead of having the scores obtained by the student.
For this purpose, we use a scientific method called percentage method to normalize the difficulty level across the different transitions. In this process, the standard scores of some students will be lower than the score obtained; For others, it may increase.
However, students claim that the National Testing Agency (NTA) has converted the CUET UG exam from a test based on talent and intelligence into a “luck based test”.
“I know several people like me who appeared for the CUET UG exam and while some of us had difficult exams there were others who appeared in shifts with medium difficulty levels. But how is it our fault? My scores were reduced by 40-50 points and it could cost me a seat in The institute I would like is in Delhi University.It is just a matter of who is lucky enough to get a rare opportunity to increase their score, but others like me may they suffered.
Agreing with Asthana, Singh added that the process feels “unfair” to her. “It is completely unfair, a performance based on luck in the name of providing a level playing field. None of the people I know have benefited from the generalization. The people who score 50 points less than me are five points ahead of me, after this unfair process.”
However, Kumar refutes these claims and claims that “This method has been in vogue for decades globally and is a statistical procedure for establishing correspondence between scores in various tests. So there is no luck or injustice. Students do not have to worry about this.”
Some students also advised the NTA to monitor the margin at which the corollary was calculated. “
“In general test, my score dropped from 151 to 129, and in math it went down from 134 to 109. I agree with NTA about the normalization process and I understand that it is necessary for fairness, but the margin for normalization is huge. Therefore, NTA has to find a solution to it and make sure that the students who score Good grades on the basis of their aptitude and merit will not be adversely affected,” said Suhavni Pulani, a 17-year-old from Delhi.
(With inputs from Khushi Dawar)
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