LUCKNOW: The National Testing Authority (NTA) is expected to release a fresh merit list of UPCET 2021 by the end of this week.
UPCET is a state-level entrance examination for admission to engineering, pharmacy and other professional courses at colleges affiliated to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) and 13 other state universities.
The AKTU had stopped the counselling after discrepancies were found in the merit list declared by NTA. A number of candidates in engineering and pharmacy courses had the same rank despite having different scores.
An official from AKTU visited New Delhi to attend an NTA meeting called to decide the fate of over 20,000 students who were disturbed after the counselling came to a halt.
A number of them had taken admission in some private engineering colleges and at Lucknow University.
“Around four to five rounds of the meeting were held in New Delhi with AKTU and NTA officials to take the final call on UPCET counselling and merit list. A fresh list is expected to be released shortly,” said AKTU spokesperson Asheesh Mishra.
He said AKTU officials shared that the candidates need not worry as the fresh merit list is expected to be announced by the end of this week. Admissions which are found to be valid among them will be continued while the rest will be cancelled.
