Its collapse shows all that is wrong with the government’s education policy, highlights biases in its people selection policy and also underscores its centralization tendencies. The NEET’s introduction was not such a bad idea, considering the systemic malaise that existed earlier. The surging demand for medical education collided against limited availability of seats in government … Read more
New Delhi: A government-appointed committee has sought suggestions from students and parents to reform and/or restructure the National Testing Agency, the central body under-fire over multiple irregularities in conduct of the NEET-UG tests for admission to medical courses, and the UGC-NET exam, which sorts candidates for appointment to professorial posts in colleges and universities. The … Read more
The NTA posted a video on X showing that the boxes are empty After videos of several trunks kept outside the hall of National Testing Agency made rounds on social media, with many claiming that the boxes contained the answer sheets of the recently conducted CUET-UG exam, the testing agency has refuted the claims and … Read more
New Delhi: A 100-strong mob of workers from the NSUI, or National Students Union of India – the Congress’ student wing barged into and briefly took over the Delhi office of the National Testing Agency, the central body under scrutiny over question paper leaks and other irregularities in NEET medical entrance exams. Early visuals showed … Read more
President Droupadi Murmu addressed a joint session of Parliament. New Delhi: Controversy – from leaked question papers to the award of ‘grace marks’- over the NEET exam for admission to medical courses found mention in President Droupadi Murmu’s speech in Parliament Thursday morning. Addressing a joint sitting of both Houses – the first in Prime … Read more
NEET paper leak: Accused Iranna Kongalwar’s home in Maharashtra’s Latur. Mumbai: A half-shuttered house with lights and fans left on – in a posh housing society in Maharashtra’s Latur – and two haphazardly parked scooters are all that can be seen at the home of Iranna Kongalwar, one of many named by law enforcement agencies … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo (TMC) Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to ‘abolish’ the NEET examination. A row erupted after several students secured perfect scores and a paper leaked on the immensely competitive nation examination. The TMC leader asked PM Modi to revert to the system … Read more
Student protests have been raging across the country. New Delhi: Investigating the alleged paper leaks of the NEET and NET exams, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has dispatched teams to Bihar and Gujarat’s Godhra to gather evidence. According to CBI sources, the investigation will proceed through four phases, scrutinizing every aspect from the creation … Read more
The CBI was handed over the probe into NEET paper leak New Delhi/Latur: A case has been filed against two Maharashtra school teachers for their alleged involvement in the NEET paper leak case. The First Information Report or FIR has been registered in Maharashtra’s Latur. Sanjay Tukaram Jadhav and Jalil Umarkhan Pathan were picked up … Read more
Mumbai: The Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) has claimed that postponement of the NEET-PG entrance exam is a “failure” of the Centre and accused the government of playing with the lives of aspirants. The opposition party also demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the “mess and malpractices” in the examination process. “Due … Read more
The NEET medical entrance tests and NET exams for professorial posts are conducted by the NTA (File). New Delhi: Hours after the Education Ministry scrapped the 2024 UGC-NET examination – based on input from a federal cybercrime unit run by the Home Ministry that said it may have been compromised – sources told NDTV early … Read more
The NEET-UG exam is for admission to medical undergraduate courses in India (File). Patna: Vociferous protests against the NEET exams – over allegations of leaked question papers and preferential marking – have snowballed into a bitter political row, particularly in Bihar, where four men told police the paper was leaked 24 hours prior to the … Read more