NewDelhi: The Centre on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to invalidate the scorecards of 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates who were given grace marks. This decision comes in response to allegations of unfair means during the examination process. The Centre also said that an option will be given to only these students to take re-test on June 23. The results will be declared prior to June 30 so that counselling which is set to begin in July stays unaffected.
The Centre issued a statement to the court, announcing that it will offer these 1,563 students the opportunity to participate in a re-test. This action aims to uphold fairness and integrity in the examination process.
Talking to news agency ANI, advocate Shwetank said, “We filed PIL regarding the NEET Exam issue and our main issue was regarding the paper leak and other malpractices by the NTA. The Court has directed that a re-examination will be conducted on 23rd June.”
The Centre explained how they handled the problem. They convened a committee on June 10th, 11th, and 12th to look into the accusations. After reviewing the committee’s suggestions, they decided to cancel the scores of the students involved and arrange for them to retake the exam.
In another development, the Supreme Court reiterated that it will not stay the counselling of NEET-UG, 2024. Reported ANI quoting the apex court that, “Counselling will go on and we will not stop it. If the exam goes then everything goes in totality so nothing to fear.”
Bureau Report
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