UGC-NET exam cancelled: NTA’s decision due to suspicion of paper tampering; Centre handed over the investigation to CBI

The central government has canceled the UGC-NET 2024 exam held on June 18. This exam is also conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The central government has handed over the investigation of the case to the CBI due to the possibility of irregularities in the exam.

UGC NET exam is conducted for PhD admissions, Junior Research Fellowship i.e. JRF and the post of Assistant Professor in universities across the country.

The exam was conducted in pen-paper mode
This exam was held on 18 June in OMR i.e. pen-paper mode. This time the exam for 83 subjects of UGC NET was conducted in two shifts on the same day. The first shift was from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and the second shift was from 3 pm to 6 pm.

Earlier, the UGC NET exam was an online CBT i.e. computer based test. This change was made so that exams for all subjects and at all centres could be conducted on the same day. Also, exams could be conducted at far-flung centres as well.

NTA is surrounded by controversy in NEET exam
The National Testing Agency i.e. NTA is already surrounded by allegations regarding the NEET UG 2024 controversy. In this matter, the Supreme Court has also issued a notice of two weeks to NTA. Its next hearing will be on July 8.

20 thousand students filed a petition regarding irregularities in the examination
About 20 thousand students had filed petitions in different states regarding NEET UG 2024 across the country, in which complaints of irregularities in the examination have been made. In the petition filed against grace marks, it was said that NTA has not yet told what method they adopted to give grace marks to the students. At the same time, the provision of giving grace marks was also not mentioned in the information bulletin issued by NTA before the exam. In such a situation, it is not right to give grace marks to some candidates.