India's CUET likely to be largest university entrance exam in the world

In 2019-20, as per UDISE data, 12.7 million students were enrolled in Class XII across the country

Last year, 10.78 million students had appeared for the world’s largest college entrance examination conducted by China, GaoKao. However, India may surpass the Chinese Gaokao this year as the National Testing Agency prepares to conduct the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) in 13 languages.

Although data on the number of students clearing the Class XII examination is not available for 2020-21, data from Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) shows 12.7 million students enrolled in Class XII in 2019-20. If 90 per cent of students prepare to sit for CUET, India will have over 11 million appearing to secure