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The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday announced the results of the
National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) retest held on June 23, for
1563 candidates.
The NTA in a public notice June 30 also declared the
revision of the rank of all candidates who appeared in the exam. The retest was
held on June 23 after a controversy erupted regarding the awarding of grace
marks to certain students.
The notice further stated that the revised
scorecards of all the candidates of the NEET UG 2024 exam, including the 1563
candidates who appeared for the retest on June 23 would be hosted on the
website.
Earlier, amid the ongoing row over the NEET-UG exam, Bhartiya
Janata Party (BJP) leader Shazia Ilmi on June 30 said that the Union Education
Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has taken moral responsibility for the issue and
that an investigation is being carried out.
"Investigation is being
carried out in this matter and we need to hold serious deliberations instead of
political stunts or playing a blame game. This is a serious issue and we see
that the student community and their parents are affected because of this," she
said.
The NEET UG examination was conducted by the National Testing
Agency on May 5, 2024 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities in the country, 14 cities
abroad and with 23 lakh candidates appearing for the examination.
The
results was declared on June 4, which immediately caused a hue and cry with
aspirants raising multiple issues. An unprecedented 67 candidates had achieved a
perfect score of 720 marks out of 720 led to widespread protests in the country.
The Supreme Court ruled that the "grace marks" awarded to some students
should be scrapped and provided the affected candidates with the option to
either take a re-test or retain their original scores, excluding the grace
marks.
The Central Government announced a high-level committee, headed by
former ISRO chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan, to look into the functioning and fair
conduct of examinations by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The seven-member
committee will submit its report in two months.
The CBI took over the
investigation of NEET-UG following the discovery of evidence of a paper leak by
investigators in Bihar and on June 23 registered a criminal case on the alleged
irregularities in the conduct of the exam. the probe agency has formed special
teams to look into the matter.
As per the agency's FIR, certain "isolated
incidents" occurred in a few states during the conduct of the NEET (UG) 2024
examination, which was held on May 5.
On June 27, the CBI arrested two
accused in the NEET-UG paper leak case. Previously CBI arrested two people from
Bihar's Patna in connection
The CBI took over the investigation of NEET
UG following the discovery of evidence of a paper leak by investigators in
Bihar.
On June 27, the CBI arrested two accused in the NEET-UG paper leak
case from Jharkhand.
Previously, the central probe agency arrested two
people from Patna in Bihar in connection with the case. (ANI)
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