NEET 2024 Row LIVE Updates: 5 held in Bihar; calls to abolish exam grow in Tamil Nadu
Students hold placards as they stage a protest against the re-examination of the NEET-UG exams, in Rajkot on Sunday. (ANI Photo)
NEET 2024 Row LIVE Updates: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the investigation in the alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) last week. CBI took over the probe amid the recent backlash against the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the mass outrage against the marking system of the NEET-UG examination, conducted in May this year. Weeks after the NEET-UG 2024 results sparked a nationwide row, the Education Ministry announced the cancellation of the NEET-PG 2024 and the UGC-NET examination, attracting more outrage against central examinations in the country.…Read More
Amid backlash, the Centre formed a seven-member panel to look into the workings of the NTA and suggest examination reforms to improve its working. Further, the government also shunted out NTA Director General Subodh Kumar Singh from his role, and placed him on “compulsory wait” in the Department of Personnel and Training.
A stringent law has been enacted by the Centre to address “malpractice and irregularities” in competitive exams. Penalties include up to 10 years of imprisonment and fines up to ₹1 crore.
What is the NEET 2024 row?
Thousands of students across the country have been protesting for weeks against the NEET-UG examination, raising allegations of irregulirities in the test. Students alleged paper leaks, inflated scores and arbitrary grace marks, which resulted to 67 students topping the examination this year.
67 students scored a perfect 720/720 score in the NEET-UG exam, majority of whom were from a single centre in Faridabad. The Bihar police also discovered evidence pointing to a NEET paper leak in the state, sparking a political row.
Days after NTA announced a re-examination for over 1,500 students who got grace marks, the NEET-PG 2024 exam was cancelled by the Education Ministry just hours before the conduction of the post graduate entrance test, adding fuel to the fire. The new date for the NEET PG exam will be announced soon, the Centre said.
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June 24, 2024 6:53 AM IST
NEET 2024 Row LIVE Updates: Former union minister calls row ‘disappointing’
Rajeev Chandrasekhar told ANI, “It is disappointing that students have been disadvantaged. But as Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said the government is committed to making sure that these examinations are done in a secure manner and those who are meritorious are the ones who benefit from these exams, not those who are corrupt and crooked. I think the steps that have been taken by the government of India are good and solid steps that will give a lot of confidence to the students.”
June 24, 2024 6:44 AM IST
NEET 2024 Row LIVE Updates: NEET issue likely to be raised in Parliament today
The 18th Lok Sabha will commence today and the NEET issue is expected to be the top focus of opposition leaders in the new Parliament session.
June 24, 2024 6:36 AM IST
NEET 2024 Row LIVE Updates: Centre’s seven-member committee to meet today
Sources at the Education Ministry told ANI that Centre’s seven-member high-level committee formed to oversee transparency and look into the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA) is set to hold a meeting today.
June 24, 2024 6:26 AM IST
NEET 2024 Row LIVE Updates: Congress MP Hibi Eden demands SC inquiry
Congress MP Hibi Eden said, “NEET controversy is one of the biggest scams in India right now. I don’t think this has happened accidentally. It has been happening for many years now. States like Tamil Nadu have already declared that the qualifying exam should be the criteria for medical entrance examination. A lot of people and money is involved and a lobby is working on this. An independent enquiry under the SC judges should happen in this and the entire process should be cancelled.”
June 24, 2024 6:15 AM IST
NEET 2024 Row LIVE Updates: DMK pushes for abolishing NEET
DMK leader TKS Elangovan said on Sunday that his party wanted the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test to be abolished, adding that the entrance examination favours the rich and is riddled with “fraud.”
“We want the NEET exam to be abolished. Whoever gets good marks in school, should be given admission to professional colleges. Why is there any need for NEET? If there is a NEET, then there is fraud,” Elangovan told ANI.
June 24, 2024 6:03 AM IST
NEET 2024 Row LIVE Updates: Bihar govt hands over NEET probe to CBI
The Bihar government issued a notification on Sunday evening to transfer the case in connection with alleged irregularities in NEET-UG to the CBI, paving the way for the central agency to take over the investigation.
June 24, 2024 5:59 AM IST
NEET 2024 Row LIVE Updates: 5 arrested in Bihar
The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police arrested five more suspects in the NEET UG paper leak case, who were detained from Deoghar in Jharkhand on Saturday, taking the total number of those apprehended to 18.
