New Delhi [India], The counseling process for the National Eligibility Test and Entrance Test for Undergraduates (NEET UG) 2024 has been postponed till further notice, official sources said.
The development comes after the Supreme Court refused to delay the NEET UG counseling scheduled to begin on July 6.
Meanwhile. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh attacked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government over the NEET-UG dispute and said the future of lakhs of youth is simply not safe in his hands.
"The entire NEET-UG issue is getting worse day by day. The non-biological Prime Minister and his biological Education Minister are adding more evidence to their proven incompetence and insensitivity. The future of lakhs of our youth is simply insecure in their hands ". the Congress leader posted in X.
The central government has told the Supreme Court that in the absence of evidence of a large-scale breach of confidentiality in the NEET-UG 2024 exam, it would not be rational to scrap the entire exam.
Completely scrapping the NEET-UG exam held on May 5 would "seriously endanger" the thousands of honest candidates who attempted to take the question paper in 2024, the Education Ministry said.
The Center has filed an affidavit on a batch of petitions pending before the high court seeking directions to withdraw the results of NEET-UG 2024 and conduct the exam again, alleging paper leaks and malpractices in the test conducted.
The Supreme Court will hear the cases on July 8.
Responding to the petitions, the Ministry said that the requests raised in the petitions for cancellation of the exam and retest based on "assumptions" and "conjectures" should be rejected.
He also informed the high court that a high-level committee has been constituted to suggest measures for effective, smooth and transparent conduct of examinations by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
Meanwhile, the NTA also filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court opposing the cancellation of NEET-UG exam and said that the alleged malpractices occurred only in Patna and Godhra centers and the entire exam should not be canceled based on cases individual.
The sanctity of NEET-UG cannot be questioned by sporadic cases of alleged document leaks, which are limited to a very small number of candidates, he claimed.
The NEET-UG exam, conducted by NTA, is the route for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is facing pressure from the opposition following irregularities during the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 exam.
An unprecedented 67 students achieved a perfect score of 720 out of 720 points, sparking chaos and several protests across the country.
The matter is in the hands of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The development comes after the Supreme Court refused to delay the NEET UG counseling scheduled to begin on July 6.
Meanwhile. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh attacked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government over the NEET-UG dispute and said the future of lakhs of youth is simply not safe in his hands.
"The entire NEET-UG issue is getting worse day by day. The non-biological Prime Minister and his biological Education Minister are adding more evidence to their proven incompetence and insensitivity. The future of lakhs of our youth is simply insecure in their hands ". the Congress leader posted in X.
The central government has told the Supreme Court that in the absence of evidence of a large-scale breach of confidentiality in the NEET-UG 2024 exam, it would not be rational to scrap the entire exam.
Completely scrapping the NEET-UG exam held on May 5 would "seriously endanger" the thousands of honest candidates who attempted to take the question paper in 2024, the Education Ministry said.
The Center has filed an affidavit on a batch of petitions pending before the high court seeking directions to withdraw the results of NEET-UG 2024 and conduct the exam again, alleging paper leaks and malpractices in the test conducted.
The Supreme Court will hear the cases on July 8.
Responding to the petitions, the Ministry said that the requests raised in the petitions for cancellation of the exam and retest based on "assumptions" and "conjectures" should be rejected.
He also informed the high court that a high-level committee has been constituted to suggest measures for effective, smooth and transparent conduct of examinations by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
Meanwhile, the NTA also filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court opposing the cancellation of NEET-UG exam and said that the alleged malpractices occurred only in Patna and Godhra centers and the entire exam should not be canceled based on cases individual.
The sanctity of NEET-UG cannot be questioned by sporadic cases of alleged document leaks, which are limited to a very small number of candidates, he claimed.
The NEET-UG exam, conducted by NTA, is the route for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is facing pressure from the opposition following irregularities during the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 exam.
An unprecedented 67 students achieved a perfect score of 720 out of 720 points, sparking chaos and several protests across the country.
The matter is in the hands of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
