A seven-member panel, set up by the Education Ministry headed by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan to review the NTA's functioning and recommend exam reforms, held a key meeting on Monday.
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NEET-UG paper leak case: The CBI has registered an FIR under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 406 (breach of trust) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) in the NEET exam paper leak case.
NEET-UG paper leak row: The NEET-UG results have ignited controversy due to allegations of irregularities, including grace marks, errors, and paper leaks. This uproar has led to a re-test for 1,563 students and the CBI taking over the investigation into these irregularities.
In the NEET examination controversy, 18 people have been arrested by the Bihar Police so far. The case has been handed over to the CBI which has registered a criminal case.
While NEET-UG 2024 is under scanner over several irregularities, including alleged paper leaks, the UGC-NET was cancelled a day after it was conducted as the ministry received input that its integrity had been compromised.
NEET-UG paper leak case: The retest was conducted at seven centres following an order from the Supreme Court. The grace marks were awarded to make up for the loss of time at six centres where the examination started late on May 5.
The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducted the NEET-UG exams, is facing criticism over alleged irregularities in the exams. This resulted in several protests across the country with protestors and political parties demanding to disband the NTA.
Asaduddin Owaisi took a jibe at the government over recent paper leak incidents and alleged that "Narendra Modi has waged a war on the youth's future".
The Centre on June 22 ordered a CBI investigation into the allegations of malpractices and paper leak in the conduct of NEET-UG exam for the admission to medical courses.
The government is facing heat over the alleged irregularities in the NEET UG examination, which took place on May 5. Students are demanding to re-conduct the exam.
The burnt NEET UG question paper, which the Bihar police found along with a booklet on the day of the examination, belonged to Oasis school of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.
In order to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations through NTA, earlier, Ministry of Education constituted a high-level committee of experts to make recommendations on: Reform in mechanism of examination process, Improvement in Data Security protocols, among others.
The case came to light after a Bihar police raid found a burnt question paper and a booklet number 636488, which belonged to a centre at Jharkhand.
Certain cases of alleged irregularities, cheating, impersonation and malpractices have been reported in NEET-UG which was conducted on May 5. The paper leak row drew severe criticism against the government, prompting the Education Ministry to take drastic steps.
In a major action amid the paper leak row, earlier, the Centre has sacked Subodh Kumar Singh as the director general of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and replaced him with Pradeep Singh Kharola.
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The Centre has transferred the probe into the NEET-UG irregularities to CBI.
Paper leak controversy: The government has cancelled the UGC-NET even as there are allegations of paper leak in NEET-UG as well and demand for its cancellation.
Union Ministry of Education earlier constituted a high-level committee of experts to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations.
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