NTA reschedules January 15 UGC-NET Exam due to festivities
The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Monday that it has postponed the UGC-NET December 2024 examination scheduled for January 15, citing overlapping festivities.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Monday that it has postponed the UGC-NET December 2024 examination scheduled for January 15, citing overlapping festivities.
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra agreed to hear the matter on Friday on a mentioning by an advocate, Anas Tanwir, seeking an urgent hearing.
Stating that there was no “systemic breach” in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024, the Supreme Court on Friday said the National Testing Agency (NTA) should avoid "flip-flops" in conducting the exams and mishaps orchestrated by it was a luxury students cannot afford.
The high-level panel has been constituted by the union Education Ministry in the wake of the row over the NEET UG 2024 examination to bring reforms to the National Testing Agency (NTA) under the chairmanship of Dr K Radhakrishnan.
This followed a Supreme Court order on July 18, which mandated the results be published by July 20.
Addressing a press conference, Singh said, “NTA conducted the NEET exam on 5th May, 2024. We conducted this exam in 571 cities at 4,750 centres. We declared the result on 4th of June. This year there were certain issues raised by the candidates like higher marks and so many toppers.”
The National Testing Agency (NTA), under the Union education ministry conducts the NEET-UG for candidates aspiring to be doctors in modern medicine.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted a four day long Common University Entrance Test (CUET) from 15 May 2024 in Siliguri. The online examination will be held from 21 May.
The attendance on the first day of the CUET was more than 75 per cent.
Phase I of UGC NET June 2023 is scheduled to be conducted from June 13 to June 17, 2023, at various centers across the country.
