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NEET UG Revised Result 2024 Released On exams.nta.ac.in/NEET, Here’s Direct Link

NEET UG Revised Result 2024: The National Testing Agency, NTA has released the NEET UG revised result 2024. The NTA has released the merit list based on the Supreme Court's decision. According to media reports, the court's decision has impacted around 4 lakh students, including 44 students who achieved a perfect score of 720. Students can check their revised results through the official website at exams.nta.ac.in/NEET. Earlier, the All-India rank 1 was shared by 67 students. Out of these, six students were awarded extra marks for time lost due to invigilator errors, while 44 students received grace marks for an incorrect Physics question. IIT Delhi, as per the Supreme Court's order, formed a committee to review the NEET UG Physics question with two corre...
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MoE Reveals Over 170 Outsourced Staff at NTA; Ensures Question Paper Preparation Remains In-House – Times of India

NEW DELHI: On Monday, the Ministry of Education (MoE) disclosed in Parliament that more than 170 employees at the National Testing Agency (NTA) are employed on a contractual or outsourced basis. This information came in response to a written query posed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Member of Parliament Kanimozhi Karunanidhi. The MoE clarified that while a significant portion of the NTA's workforce comprises temporary and external staff, all critical functions related to the creation of examination question papers are managed internally by permanent staff.The ministry, however, clarified that "all core activities involving setting up of question papers" for the exams conducted by the agency are not outsourced.Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar shared this inform...
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NTA derailed our plans for the future, say small-town students with big dreams

Nineteen-year-old Priyanshu Kumar, the first-ever member of his family to go to school, had been harbouring ambitions of clinching a seat in Delhi University’s BTech course up until recently, but has since abandoned his dream due to the delay in the announcement of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) results.“I wanted to leave my village and go to Delhi or south India, where the quality of education is said to be better and there are more jobs to be had, but now, I am considering shelling out ₹10,000 to ₹20,000 to secure a place in a State college,” said Mr. Kumar, who hails from Sanhauli in Bihar’s Khagaria district.The results of the standardised test, which was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) from May 15 to 24 to determine admissions to undergraduate, postgradua...
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NEET-UG retest: Haryana centre where 6 students scored perfect 720, records 682 its highest this time | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In the revised NEET-UG results, no candidates from the controversial Haryana centre scored above 682 in the medical entrance exam.Hardayal Public School centre in Haryana's Jhajjar quickly drew attention after six aspirants who took the medical entrance exam here on May 5 scored 720 out of 720 -- an unprecedented result that raised suspicion, which eventually snowballed into a massive nationwide protest, exposing paper leak cases and alleged irregularities.After the case reached the Supreme Court, the scores were revised after a retest was ordered by the top court following allegations of inflation of marks due to grace being awarded.Only 13 candidates of the Hardayal Public School centre managed to score more than 600 marks, according to the centre and city-wise results decl...
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NEET UG Centre-Wise Result 2024 Released On exams.nta.ac.in, Here’s Direct Link

NEET UG Center-Wise Result 2024: The National Testing Agency, NTA has released the NEET UG center-wise result 2024 today, July 20, 2024. On July 18, the Supreme Court instructed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to release the NEET UG results by 12 noon. The court asked NTA to post the exam scores of students on its website but not reveal the name of the students. Students who appeared for the NEET UG examination can check and download the NEET UG center-wise result through the official website at exams.nta.ac.in. To download the results, students are required to enter their exam center code.  NEET UG examination was scheduled for May 5, 2024, across 4,750 centres. The NEET UG results were declared on June 4, 2024. NEET UG re-examination 2024 was conduct...
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NEET-UG Results: SC Asks Why NTA Allowed 15000 Registrations When HC Order Was For One

NEET-UG 2024: The Supreme Court while listening to the arguments on the question of re-examination in NEET-UG exams, asked the National Testing Agency to explain how they allowed 15,000 new registrations when the Rajasthan High Court order had directed opening the registration window for only one particular candidate.  The CJI DY Chandrachud led bench before rising for lunch has asked NTA's counsel to get answers to several tough questions before the court resumes hearing after lunch. ALSO READ : 'IIT Madras Report On NEET-UG Unreliable, NTA Member Was Director': Students Tell Supreme Court "Out of those candidates who changed the centres, how many of them made it to one lakh eight thousand? And is there any skew in favour of those who registered on Apri...
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Centralised examinations have not aced the test

A protest by an associaton, in New Delhi | Photo Credit: The Hindu In 2017, the Government of India established the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct entrance examinations for professional courses. Envisioned to conduct multiple choice question (MCQ)-type of examinations in electronic mode, the NTA was to have specialists in the science of testing to set up appropriate question banks and also evaluator frameworks and organisational expertise. The NTA, that conducts more than 15 entrance examinations for various higher education institutions including the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for central university admissions and the post-graduate admissions in medical and University Grants Commission (UGC) courses, is a lean and thin organisation, with most of the work outsourc...
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Delhi University has no plans to conduct a separate PhD entrance, awaiting UGC instructions: VC Yogesh Singh – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Delhi University (DU) has no plans to hold separate PhD entrance exams like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh on Sunday stated.The DU Vice-Chancellor added that the university is awaiting guidance from the University Grants Commission (UGC).The uncertainty surrounding PhD admissions arose after the Centre cancelled the UGC NET exam, which had been crucial for entry into PhD programs.The UGC NET exam, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), determines eligibility for teaching positions and PhD admissions."We have no plans to hold a separate in-house PhD entrance exam. We will follow whatever UGC suggests. We have not received any communication from the NTA and are awaiting their guidance. We expect the academic session for PhD to be delaye...
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​ Can of worms: On NEET-UG 2024 

Trust can be everything, in governance. The can of worms that split open with the publication of results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG-2024 has elevated the entrance examination for medical (and dental) seats to a metaphor for distrust in the system, among the people. This year, dogged by accusations of paper leak, malpractices, and technical failures, besides the grant of grace marks to some students, NEET, which was conceived to homogenise selection on merit, has now morphed into a beast that is far removed from its original idea. The Supreme Court of India, on Thursday, rescheduled the NEET-UG hearing to July 18, to address complaints regarding irregularities and malpractices during the exam conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). A CBI investigation...
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NTA’s provisional answer key for CUET-UG riddled with inaccuracies, allege students

CUET-UG candidates wait outside an exam centre in Delhi University, New Delhi on May 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: The Hindu On July 7 morning, the National Testing Agency (NTA) released the provisional answer key for the Common University Entrance Test-UG, hours after which students began flagging issues in the provisional answer key across subjects.The NTA, in a second notification, also stated that students can challenge the provisional answer key by paying ₹200 per question by July 9.The NTA notice added, “Challenges made by the candidates will be verified by a panel of subject experts. If the challenge of any candidate is found correct, the Answer Key will be revised and applied in the response of all the candidates accordingly. Based on the revised Final Answer Key, the result will b...
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Paper leak row: Govt refutes reports of NEET-UG counseling postponement | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The health ministry on Saturday clarified that reports suggesting the postponement of NEET-UG counselling are inaccurate, as the counselling dates have not been officially announced yet. This clarification comes in response to earlier reports claiming that the NEET-UG counseling, originally scheduled for today, has been delayed without any new dates being provided.The NEET-UG exam was marred by allegations of irregularities, including suspected paper leaks and questionable marking practices, which sparked widespread outrage and protests across the country.Consequently, some students were instructed to retake the NEET UG exam, and the NEET PG exam was rescheduled. To address concerns about inflated scores resulting from the allocation of 'grace marks,' the authorities decided ...
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NEET-UG counselling deferred until further notice: Official sources | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 counselling has been deferred until further notice, including the all-India quota (AIQ) seat counselling that was set to commence today. No new date has been announced as of now.In anticipation of the Supreme Court's important hearing on the NEET-UG controversy, the Centre and National Testing Agency (NTA) acknowledged the allegations of irregularities and paper leak during the examination.However, they have informed the court that cancelling the test is unnecessary, as only a "miniscule" number of students were involved, and the interests of the 23 lakh students who took the examination honestly should not be compromised. The Centre and NTA, in separate affidavits submitted to the apex court, agreed that...
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NEET UG Re-Exam 2024 Results Declared On exams.nta.ac.in, Here’s Direct Link

NEET UG Re-Exam 2024 Result: The National Testing Agency, NTA has released the NEET UG Re-Exam 2024 Result. NEET UG re-exam 2024 was conducted for 1,563 students affected by time loss during the previous exam. These students were given grace marks to compensate for the lost time. Out of these, 813 students appeared for the NEET UG re-exam 2024. Students can check and download their results from the official website at exams.nta.ac.in. Students who did not appear for the re-exam will receive their original scores without the additional marks. NEET UG Re-Exam 2024 Result: Steps To Check And Download Scorecard  Students can follow the below-given steps to check and download the NEET UG re-exam result 2024: Step 1: Visit the official website at exams.nta.ac....
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The rot in India’s higher education system

Image for representation. File | Photo Credit: PTI The academic year of 2022-23 was marked by unprecedented delays in admissions to all university programmes because of the introduction of the National Testing Agency (NTA)-run Common University Entrance Test (CUET) regime for both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Initially, a CUET for PhD admissions had also been envisaged by the NTA for 2022-23, but that plan was summarily dropped in mid-September 2022. University administrations that had disregarded the serious internal critique by teachers and students of the blind ceding of this core aspect of university autonomy were left in the lurch.One such university was Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) whose tryst with the NTA is indicative of all that Central universities have suffer...
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NEET Row: CBI Conducts Searches At Seven Locations In Gujarat Over NEET UG Paper Leak Case

NEET Row: The CBI conducted searches at seven locations in Gujarat in connection with the NEET UG paper leak case, officials reported on Saturday. The operation began in the morning at the residences of suspects located across four districts: Anand, Kheda, Ahmedabad, and Godhra. CBI on Friday arrested the principal and the vice-principal of a school in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh and a journalist of a Hindi newspaper in connection with the NEET UG paper leak. Ehsanul Haque, the principal of Oasis School, was made the city coordinator of Hazaribagh for the medical entrance exam conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on May 5, 2024 the officials said. The officials stated that Vice-Principal Imtiaz Alam was appointed as the NTA's observer and the center...
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Exclusive interview with Dharmendra Pradhan: ‘We will make exams 100 per cent foolproof’

Soon after he resumed charge of the Union ministry of education, Dharmendra Pradhan had to deal with the storm that broke out over serious irregularities and subversions of the national entrance examination system with the Opposition even demanding his resignation. In an exclusive interview with India Today Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa and Deputy Editor Anilesh S. Mahajan on June 25, Pradhan speaks forthrightly about the action the central government has taken to deal with the crisis and the challenges that lie ahead. Excerpts:Q. There has much angst and controversy over the National Testing Agency and the way it has conducted entrance exams, particularly the recent NEET-UG (National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test for Undergraduates) to medical colleges. What are the reasons be...
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Preventing another NEET fiasco

Candidates wait to enter a NEET examination centre in Mangaluru on May 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: The Hindu During the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) this year, scores and ranks were inflated. As a consequence, many candidates may not get admission to their desired college as predicted based on previous years’ scores.Coaching and admission counselling centres, typically run by business tycoons, have realised that clients, the NEET aspirants, have failed to secure preferred seats despite their advice. However, despite this fiasco, the industry has found a way to enhance their brand value through media and social media coverage. The owners of this trillion-rupee industry, along with the 23 lakh NEET aspirants this year, are up in arms. Their hypothesis is that mapping scores...
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Who is NTA Chief Subodh Kumar Singh, removed amid NEET, NET paper-leak row? – Times of India

The government replaced National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Kumar Singh on Saturday, just hours after forming a high-level committee led by a former ISRO chief to ensure fair examination practices, following a controversy over alleged irregularities in the NEET and NET competitive exams.Additionally, the government transferred the investigation of the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG exam, held on May 5, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).This is the second national-level exam conducted by the NTA to be investigated by the CBI, following the UGC-NET probe two days earlier.Just before Subodh Kumar Singh's removal, which left him without a new assignment, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan acknowledged institutional failures. “I have already said there ...
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High-Level Panel Formed To Reform National Testing Agency, Led By Former ISRO Chief

The Ministry of Education on Saturday announced the formation of a high-level committee to enhance transparency and fairness in the National Testing Agency's (NTA) examination processes. The seven-member panel will be chaired by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief Dr K Radhakrishnan, the ministry said in an official statement today. This decision follows the recent cancellation of the UGC-NET exam due to a question paper leak on the darknet. Allegations of irregularities in the NEET-UG exam have also prompted scrutiny of NTA's procedures. The committee's mandate includes recommending reforms to the examination process, improving data security protocols, and enhancing NTA's structure and functioning. The panel is expected to submit its ...
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UGC-NET exam: CBI questions suspect in UP in connection with paper leak | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The CBI on Saturday questioned a man in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar in connection with the UGC-NET paper leak case, officials said. The suspect, who allegedly posted a portion of the paper on instant messaging service Telegram, was taken to Padrauna Kotwali in the district where he is being questioned by the team of CBI anti-corruption branch, they said.It is understood that the suspect had undertaken coaching for the examination in Kota, Rajasthan, they said.The CBI had registered an FIR into the UGC-NET paper leak case on Thursday against unidentified people on a reference from the Union education ministry.The UGC-NET-2024 exam for the selection of junior research fellows, assistant professors and PhD scholars was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 18 in ...
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Testing times: On the need to mend the National Testing Agency  

The cancellation of the UGC-NET examination on Wednesday, just a day after its supposed “successful conduct” by the National Testing Agency (NTA), is one more load of straw threatening to break the agency’s creaking reputation. Coming as it did after irregularities in this year’s NEET-UG (medicine), and complaints about the JEE (engineering), the NTA is under intense pressure. In some ways, the Education Ministry’s actions are in stark contrast to its response to the ongoing NEET fiasco, and seem to indicate that it has learnt some lessons. It took suo motu action on the basis of the Home Ministry’s cybercrime team’s inputs, even without any formal complaints from candidates, unlike in the NEET case where it has dragged its feet through committees and court cases despite multiple allega...
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‘Unavoidable circumstances’: Joint CSIR-UGC-NET June 2024 examination postponed | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday postponed the Joint Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) University Grant Commission (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET). The CSIR-UGC-NET examination of June 2024 was originally slated to take place from June 25 to 27.NTA gave reasons of 'unavoidable circumstances and logistic issues.' The new dates for this examination will be announced later on the official NTA website.The Joint CSIR-UGC NET fellowship programme aims to foster National Science & Technology Human Resource Development. CSIR awards a large number of Junior Research Fellowships (JRFs) annually to candidates who qualify in the test conducted by the organisation. The program determines the eligibility of Indian nationals for roles such as JRFs, ...
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NEET 2024 Paper Leak: Aspirant admits receiving leaked NEET UG question paper, but only managed to score 185 of 720 | – Times of India

NEET 2024 Paper Leak: Amid allegations of a paper leak in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024, a candidate from Samastipur has confessed to receiving the leaked question paper from his uncle a day before the examination. The incident has led to several arrests and has raised serious concerns about the integrity of the exam.Anurag Yadav, a 22-year-old candidate, stated in his confession letter to Patna police that his uncle, Sikandar Prasad Yadavendu, gave him the NEET question paper and answer sheet on the night of May 4, 2024.Anurag, who was preparing for the exam in Kota, Rajasthan, was summoned back to Samastipur by his uncle, who assured him that everything was "sorted." He received the leaked exam materials and was told to memorise them overnight...
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