3 min readNew DelhiJun 13, 2026 10:24 AM IST The law-and-order disruption and a security situation at certain overseas examination centres made it impossible for a group of registered CUET PG candidates to appear on their originally scheduled dates.
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The verification slip for KCET is out. (image: ai generated)The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has issued the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) 2026 verification slip on its official website at cetonline.karnataka.gov.in. Candidates can download the KCET 2026 verification slip using their login details such as registration number, password, and captcha code. The verification slip is a document in the KCET 2026 counselling process. Only candidates who obtain the verification slip will be allowed to participate in option entry and seat allotment rounds. Out of 3,09,014 candidates who appeared in the exam, 2,92,782 secured ranks, making them eligible to participate in the choice-filling phase. The KCET 2026 results were declared on June 6, 2026, and the web-based option entry process is expected to begin on June 13, 2026.The KCET verification slip serves as proof that candidates’ academic and personal details have been successfully verified. It is issued after the completion of document verification and is mandatory for proceeding to the choice-filling and seat allotment stages of counselling. How to download the KCET 2026 verification slip? Candidates can download the KCET 2026 verification slip by following the steps given below: Step 1: Go to the official website at cetonline.karnataka.gov.in Step 2: Click on the KCET verification slip link available on the homepage Step 3: A new window will open Step 4: Enter registration number, password, and captcha code Step 5: Click on the submit button Step 6: A new window will open displaying the KCET 2026 verification slip Step 7: Download and save it for future referenceStory continues below this ad KCET 2026 was conducted for admission to undergraduate and professional courses in Karnataka government and private colleges. The college entrance test was held for admission to engineering, technology, pharmacy, agriculture, and other courses in government, aided, and private unaided colleges. What’s next? Once the verification slip is downloaded, candidates must keep it ready for the subsequent stages of counselling. The counselling will start with KCET option entry, seat allotment, and conclude with college reporting. Candidates are advised to keep checking cetonline.karnataka.gov.in regularly for updates on counselling dates, seat allotment schedules, and further notifications from KEA.
3 min readNew DelhiJun 13, 2026 10:24 AM IST
The law-and-order disruption and a security situation at certain overseas examination centres made it impossible for a group of registered CUET PG candidates to appear on their originally scheduled dates. (Express Photo by Rohit Jain Paras/ representative image)Amid queries and speculation on social media about why certain CUET PG 2026 subjects were held on more than one date and whether candidates who appeared on different dates had normalisation, NTA has now shared a detailed clarification on the issue. In a post on X, the National Testing Agency stated that a rescheduled examination conducted on March 29 and 30 was a welfare measure for 565 candidates who could not appear on their original dates due to law-and-order disruption in Meghalaya and security concerns at select overseas centres, and that no normalisation of scores has been applied to any candidate in the examination.What has happened? The law-and-order disruption and a security situation at certain overseas examination centres made it impossible for a group of registered CUET PG candidates to appear on their originally scheduled dates. The circumstances, NTA has clarified, were entirely beyond the affected candidates’ control. Read | General management, Political Science top choices among students In response, the agency invoked what it describes as a standing policy: that no candidate should be penalised for circumstances for which they bear no responsibility. It accordingly rescheduled the examination for the affected 565 candidates — and only those candidates — on March 29 and 30, 2026.
NTA has seen queries on social media about some CUET (PG) 2026 subjects being held on more than one date, and about normalization not being applied. In order to avoid speculation, the following is being clarified. In March 2026, due to the law-and-order disruption at Tura… — National Testing Agency (@NTA_Exams) June 13, 2026 The rescheduled examination covered 28 subjects and was conducted using question papers that had been prepared and certified in advance by subject experts, who affirmed that the papers were of difficulty equivalent to those used in the main examination for the same subjects. NTA has been explicit that the method by which scores are computed is identical for all CUET PG 2026 candidates. Every candidate’s score — whether they appeared in the main examination or the rescheduled sitting — is arrived at on an absolute-marks basis, using the same formula, with no adjustments, exemptions, or modifications for either group. “The rescheduled candidates were not given easier papers; the papers were certified as difficulty-equivalent by the subject experts who finalised them. They were not scored on a different scale. They were not normalised upward or downward. In NTA’s formulation: “The reschedule changed nothing about how scores were arrived at.”
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