Over 30 lakh students appeared for the two important exams. New Delhi: The high-level committee announced by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday to look into ways to improve the functioning of the National Testing Agency has now been constituted, and consists of some well-known academicians and technocrats. The agency and the government have been … Read more
New Delhi: The government has opted to not cancel the medical entrance examination NEET, despite a raging controversy and an ongoing investigation of the paper being leaked a day before the exam. Explaining their stand, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the leak affected only a limited number of students, contrasting sharply with previous incidents … Read more
The NTA was set up in 2017 as an autonomous, self-sustaining testing organisation New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is in the news after the UGC-NET was cancelled over alleged irregularities, and the NEET ran into controversy. The UGC-NET is for those looking to teach in higher education, while NEET is for medical aspirants. … Read more
Samajwadi Party workers detained by police during a protest over alleged irregularities in NEET New Delhi: Student unions continued their protest for a second day over alleged irregularities in two of the most competitive exams in the country – NEET-UG and UGC-NET. Protests were reported from Delhi, Hyderabad, Lucknow, and Patna. The UGC-NET, through which … Read more
New Delhi: The question paper for the UGC-NET exam that was held Tuesday was leaked 48 hours earlier and sold on the dark web and encrypted social media platforms for Rs 6 lakh, sources in the Central Bureau of Investigation told NDTV. The NET exam had been voided by the Education Ministry – already taking … 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
Amid the controversy over National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission into medical colleges, three aspirants arrested from Bihar have confessed that the question paper for the entrance exam was leaked the previous day. Sikandar Yadavendu, a junior engineer at Danapur municipal council, has also confessed his role in leaking the papers. The three students – … Read more
The examination was held on May 5 across 4,750 centres and around 24 lakh candidates appeared for it. New Delhi: The Union education ministry sought a report from the Bihar Police’s Economic Offences Unit on Wednesday regarding alleged irregularities in the conduct of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (UG) 2024 in Patna, officials said. There have … Read more