NEET Exam 2024 Live News Updates: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on June 20 attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that he had failed to address the paper leak issue of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) in India. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today slammed the NDA government for canceling the UGC-NET exam, saying that the paper mafia is rigging the exams under the BJP regime. Yadav said that if the police recruitment exam is leaked, it will affect law and order, while if there is cheating in the NEET exam, honest people will not be able to become doctors. Similarly, the cancellation of the UGC-NET exam will have an impact on the education system.
When a student claimed in his confession note that he already had a copy of the NEET-UG exam paper, the Economic Crimes Unit of the Bihar Police said it would soon investigate the matter, and It will submit a report to the Ministry of Education soon. The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday released the admit cards of the candidates who are now appearing for the NEET UG 2024 re-examination on its official website- neet.ntaonline.in. Only those candidates who got grace marks of NTA due to loss of examination time can retake the test. Also, the Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre, NTA and others on pleas seeking cancellation of NEET-UG 2024, and a court-supervised probe into alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam. The SC also stayed proceedings on petitions filed in the Rajasthan, Calcutta and Bombay High Courts over the alleged paper leak in the NEET-UG 2024 examination.
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said that every year the PM organizes a grand spectacle which he calls 'Pariksha Pe Charcha'. “Yet, his government cannot even hold an exam without leaks and cheating,” he added. The opposition party also asked the Prime Minister if he would “Lake P Bol”. The Education Ministry said on Wednesday night that the UGC-NET exam has been canceled following inputs that the integrity of the exam has been compromised. The central government has canceled the UGC-NET exam conducted by the National Testing Agency just a day after it was held. More than 900,000 candidates sat for the examination, which is conducted to determine eligibility for junior research fellowships. The Ministry of Education said that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has received information about the exam from the National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU) of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C). The said exam may have been compromised,” the ministry said.
NTA is an autonomous body, set up by the Center to conduct entrance examinations for admission/fellowship in higher educational institutions. The NTA has to perform all these responsibilities in a “scientific manner” in consultation with subject matter experts and psychometricians.
UGC NET or National Eligibility Test is an examination conducted for the appointment of Assistant Professors, Junior Research Fellowships, and admission to Ph.D. in universities. In a statement, the Education Ministry said the June examination of the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) was conducted across the country in two shifts in OMR (pen and paper) mode on Tuesday.