9 months, 1 week ago

DC Edit | Cancel Neet-UG exam and hold retest for all

After dithering over weeks despite strong observations by the apex court, the Union government has finally acknowledged the possibility of foul play in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for undergraduate medical courses and ordered an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the “cases of alleged irregularities/cheating/impersonation/malpractices” in it. A barrage of reports on the other competitive examinations, including the National Eligibility Test and the CSIR-UGC NET examinations, has also forced the government take a series of measures, which include the removal of the head of the National Testing Agency and the setting up of a review panel of experts to make the conduct of the competitive examinations fool proof. The events that unfolded after the publication of the Neet-UG results on June 4 in which an unprecedented number of 67 students scoring full marks should have prompted the government to act with alacrity and take immediate steps to see if something had gone wrong. Given the observations the apex court has made earlier, and to remove the chances of people getting into medical courses through fraudulent means, it will be best for the government to cancel the Neet-UG and take early steps towards the conduct of a retest.

Deccan Chronicle

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