NEET: Nearly 48% Of Students Skip Retest, NTA Issues Notices To 110 Candidates For Malpractices In May 5 Exam

NEET Controversy: Only 813 of 1,563 candidates, who were awarded grace marks in NEET-UG, appeared for retest today.

Only 813 of 1,563 candidates who were awarded grace marks in NEET-UG appeared for retest today.

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NEET-UG Row: The National Testing Agency conducted a retest of the NEET-UG examination on Sunday for the 1,563 candidates, who were awarded grace marks to compensate them for their loss of time during the exam, conducted on May 5. However, even after the raging controversy and demands for re-examination, nearly 48 percent of the candidates did not appear for the retest today.

Out of the total 1,563 candidates scheduled to appear for the NEET-UG retest, only 813 of them took the exam, sources told ABP Live. The re-exams were conducted across 7 centers located in Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Meghalaya, and Chandigarh. The result for the retest will be announced before June 30.

Two students who were scheduled to take the NEET-UG retest skipped the exam in Chandigarh. All arrangements were made at the exam centre at St Joseph Senior Secondary School in Sector 44 in Chandigarh for just the two of them to give their retest. However, when none of them reached for the re-exam, the authorities shut the gates.

Meanwhile, the Bihar police on Sunday arrested four persons in Nawada in connection with the alleged attack on CBI team, probing UGC-NET leak case. 

NTA Sends Notices To 110 Candidates For Malpractices In May 5 Exam

Sources told ABP Live that notices have been sent to 30 students for cheating, 17 for involvement in a paper leak, and 63 for misconduct during the exam on May 5, 2024. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued notices to 30 candidates who appeared at the Godhra center for leaving their OMR sheets empty in an attempt to cheat during the exam. The agency has also sent notices to 17 candidates who appeared for the NEET-UG exam at centers in Bihar for their alleged involvement in a paper leak in Patna. Additionally, notices have been sent to 63 candidates for adopting unfair means during the medical entrance exam.

Notably, On June 22, 2024, the Centre handed over the investigation of the NEET-UG paper leak to the CBI. Shortly after assuming responsibility, the CBI filed an FIR and launched a criminal case against unidentified individuals involved in the incident.

The Centre on Saturday also sacked the NTA chief, Subodh Kumar, replacing him with Pradeep Singh Kharola.

The Education Ministry has also set up a seven-member panel to review the NTA's functioning and recommend reforms in the examination's conduct.