Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan will visit Singapore and Australia between October 20 and 26, 2024, to further bilateral cooperation in the education sector. During the visit, ways and means for further collaboration, engagement, and synergy on key areas of mutual interest in education will be explored.

Dharmendra Pradhan will visit Singapore and Australia

The minister will interact with the Indian diaspora during his two-day trip to Singapore, scheduled for October 20, 2024. He will also meet key leaders: Lawrence Wong, Gan Kim Yong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Trade and Industry; Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Education; and Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The Australian Minister for Education, Melbourne, will meet Pradhan on 23rd October. He will deliver the plenary speech at the Australian International Education Conference. In addition, the minister will visit South Melbourne Primary School, which has a reputation for innovative and integrated approaches to learning.

Collaborative strategies for the commercialization of medical technologies

Pradhan will visit the ‘Discovery to Device’ center at RMI University, a MedTech prototyping and manufacturing incubation facility. This would include checking on collaborative strategies for commercializing medical technologies and enlightening others on the importance of industry-academia partnerships in fostering innovation.

Visit Monash University’s innovation lab

Pradhan will meet with Jacinta Allan MP, premier of Victoria, and Australian education minister Jason Clare MP. The latter would be visited to take advantage of the opportunity to visit Monash University’s Innovation Lab and Centre for Nano-fabrication. He will also meet senior academics of Indian origin there in Melbourne.

Touch upon the partnership in early childhood education

On 24 October, Pradhan will address the Auburn Long Day Child Care Centre in Sydney over possible collaborative opportunities in early childhood education. He will then meet with the Innovative Research University (IRU) officials and attend the 2nd Australia-India Education and Skills Council meeting.

On October 25, 2024, he will visit the Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School and the Macquarie Park Innovation District (MPID), where more than 180 multinational companies are based and are applying research in telecommunications, digital industries, medical technology, and pharmaceuticals for commercialization.

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He will also interact with Indian research students affiliated with the eight universities in Australia. He will also visit the UNSW Energy Institute and the Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TraCE) at the Tyree Energy Technologies building in Kensington to see practical research applications with commercial significance. He will also explore opportunities for collaboration in sports education and research at the UTS Moore Park Sports and Exercise Precinct, an ultimate facility for teaching, research, and sports.

Conclusion

During his visit to Australia and Singapore, Dharmendra Pradhan will focus heavily on India’s strong commitment to international collaboration in education and innovation. Through engagements with top leaders, industry experts, and various academic institutions, he will explore opportunities to build deeper partnerships in areas such as early childhood education, AI integration, MedTech commercialization, and sports education. This tour’s results will likely strengthen bilateral cooperation and pave new avenues for education and research opportunities.

The information bulletin for CUET UG 2025 was also be released along with the release of the notification for the exam.

Schedule

CUET UG 2025 Exam application is on from 1 to 22 March 2o25. The application can be submitted till 11:50 PM on 22 March 2025.

Corrections in the CUET UG 2025 exam application submitted can be taken up from 24 to 26 March 2025 (up to 11.50 PM).

The exam will be conducted from 8 May to 1 June 2025, dates for release of hall ticket, answer key, city intimation slip and result will be announced in due course on the official website.

What is CUET UG 2025 Exam?

The full name of the exam is Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate, it is popular as CUET UG. It is a national-level exam conducted once a year.

CUET UG 2025 is meant to be held for 2025. The exam is conducted online, and answers must be registered on a computer screen at the designated test center.

The questions in CUET UG 2025 Exam would be related to languages, general ability and various academic subjects.

Questions will be in a multiple-choice format where each question has more than one reply and the right one among that has to be chosen to get marks.

Post passing the exam, candidates have to visit the websites of various participating institutions and know the schedule for submitting applications for admissions.

Once the schedule is known, students must submit applications there along with CUET UG 2025 Exam scores and other required documents.

Who can submit CUET UG 2025 Exam Application?

Candidates who have passed plus two from a recognized educational institution can submit CUET UG 2025 Exam Application.

Subjects in the plus two must be related to the subject in which candidates wish to study graduation.

Candidates can pass plus two in any stream if applying for arts or humanities programs. Applicants targeting commerce in graduation must pass plus two preferably in the commerce stream.

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Those aiming for graduation in science can pass plus two in science stream. Students who are about to appear for the qualifying exams or those who have appeared and are waiting for the results can also submit CUET UG 2025 Exam Application.

However, they have to pass the exam and provide proof of it by the time of admission process commencement.

1. The URL mentioned above must be typed into the browser and then submitted to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates have to scroll down the page and click <CUET (UG) 2025-Registration> under Candidate Activity menu.

3. Clicking the above button will open another webpage with the URL ‘https://examinationservices.nic.in/examsys25/root/Home.aspx?enc=Ei4cajBkK1gZSfgr53ImFYsjZOdyj8DuPcxGBqAK2DwqFCalp/sPjeNMpmZAoiTR’

4. Once the webpage is available, applicants can click the New Registration and create an account with username and password.

5. They can come back to the same page with URL ‘https://examinationservices.nic.in/examsys25/root/Home.aspx?enc=Ei4cajBkK1gZSfgr53ImFYsjZOdyj8DuPcxGBqAK2DwqFCalp/sPjeNMpmZAoiTR’

6. After the page with above URL opens, they can click Login and use their username and password and  submit.

7. Once they login, they start filling the CUET UG 2025 Exam Application.

8. Form has to be filled and registration fee has to be paid and submitted. Candidates can obtain a confirmation message indicating successful submission. Once obtained, applicants can download it and take a printout of it.

Website for CUET UG 2025 Exam Application Submission is Here

How to download hall ticket?

Candidates who have successfully submitted CUET UG 2025 exam application can alone download the hall ticket for the exam from the official website which can be accessed at ‘https://cuet.nta.nic.in/’

Process to obtain hall ticket is mentioned below for the sake of the students:

1. The URL mentioned above has to be typed into the browser and the website should be allowed to download.

2. Once the webpage is available, candidates can click the link for the hall ticket and then enter their username and password and submit them to obtain the hall ticket.

3. The admit card can be downloaded and then a printout of it has to be taken. Applicants have to appear for the exam at the designated test center with the hall ticket.

After the exam

Students have to view the results for the exam, they can visit the official website of the exam at the appropriate time and log in using the credentials they created while submitting CUET UG 2025 exam application.

Post login, the students can view their scorecards. Those who have passed the exam with the required qualifying marks can apply for admission into courses of their choice.