CUET PG 2026: Score normalization was not applicable to rescheduled CUET PG exams; NTA issues clarification..

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued a clarification following questions raised on social media regarding the conduct of certain CUET PG 2026 subject exams on multiple dates and the absence of score normalization. The NTA clarified that no score normalization process was applied to the CUET PG examination. All candidates were evaluated uniformly based on their actual (absolute) marks.

According to the NTA, 565 candidates across 28 subjects could not take the exam on their scheduled dates in March 2026 due to law-and-order issues in Tura (Meghalaya) and security concerns at certain overseas centers—circumstances entirely beyond their control. It is the NTA's policy to ensure that, as far as possible, candidates do not suffer disadvantages due to situations for which they are not responsible. Consequently, the NTA conducted a re-examination for these 565 candidates on March 29 and 30, 2026—a step taken entirely in their best interest.

**No Concessions for Candidates in the Re-examination**

The NTA's policy for the CUET PG examination is to report the absolute marks obtained by each candidate in every subject. No candidate's score is normalized, neither in the main examination nor in the re-examination. Therefore, candidates appearing for the re-examination were granted no special concessions; like all other candidates, they were evaluated solely based on the marks they obtained.

Furthermore, performing normalization between these two groups holds no statistical significance due to the vast disparity in the number of candidates involved. For instance, approximately 16,000 candidates appeared for the English subject in the main examination, whereas only about 120 candidates took the re-examination. Additionally, in Political Science, the number of candidates was approximately 26,000, with about 100 appearing for the re-examination; in History, there were around 13,600 candidates, while fewer than 80 took the re-examination. According to the NTA, a group of 100 candidates cannot be statistically normalized against a pool of thousands.

**Difficulty Level Consistent Across Main Exam and Re-examination**
The re-examination utilized question papers that had already been finalized by subject experts. Experts certified that the difficulty level of these papers matched that of the papers used in the main examinations for the respective subjects. According to the NTA, the score for every CUET PG candidate was calculated in the same manner—based on absolute marks obtained. Rescheduling the exam did not alter the scoring methodology. The NTA remains committed to conducting its examinations in a fair, transparent, and candidate-centric manner.

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