New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday said there are "serious questions" over the integrity of the National Testing Agency and the way NEET was designed and administered.
The opposition party was hopeful that when new standing committees of Parliament are formed, they will conduct a thorough review of NEET, NTA and NCERT.
“I was a member of Parliament's Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare between 2014 and 2019 and remember the widespread support for NEET. But there were MPs, particularly from Tamil Nadu, who raised concerns that NEET would privilege CBSE students And the youth coming from non-CBSE schools will be disadvantaged,” Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X.
He said, “Now I feel that this issue of CBSE needs proper analysis.Is NEET discriminatory? Are students from poor backgrounds being denied opportunities? Other states like Maharashtra have also expressed serious doubts over NEET."
He said there are also serious questions over the integrity of the National Testing Agency and the way NEET was designed and administered.
Ramesh claimed that NCERT has lost all its professionalism in the last decade.
He said, “It is expected that when the new standing committee is formed, it will conduct a thorough review of NEET, NTA and NCERT. This should be given top priority.,
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (UG), or NEET, was conducted on May 5 across 4,750 centres, in which around 24 lakh candidates appeared. The results were expected to be declared on 14 June, but were declared on 4 June – the day on which general election results were declared –, apparently because the evaluation of answer sheets was completed earlier.
In states like Bihar, there have been allegations of question paper leak and other irregularities in the All India Examination.
The Center and the National Testing Agency on Thursday told the Supreme Court that they have canceled the grace marks given to 1,563 candidates who appeared for the examination for admission to MBBS and other such courses.
The Center has said that they will have the option to either retake the exam or withdraw the compensation marks given for the loss of time.The Congress on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on the matter and said only a Supreme Court-monitored forensic investigation can protect the future of lakhs of young students.
The opposition party was hopeful that when new standing committees of Parliament are formed, they will conduct a thorough review of NEET, NTA and NCERT.
“I was a member of Parliament's Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare between 2014 and 2019 and remember the widespread support for NEET. But there were MPs, particularly from Tamil Nadu, who raised concerns that NEET would privilege CBSE students And the youth coming from non-CBSE schools will be disadvantaged,” Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X.
He said, “Now I feel that this issue of CBSE needs proper analysis.Is NEET discriminatory? Are students from poor backgrounds being denied opportunities? Other states like Maharashtra have also expressed serious doubts over NEET."
He said there are also serious questions over the integrity of the National Testing Agency and the way NEET was designed and administered.
Ramesh claimed that NCERT has lost all its professionalism in the last decade.
He said, “It is expected that when the new standing committee is formed, it will conduct a thorough review of NEET, NTA and NCERT. This should be given top priority.,
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (UG), or NEET, was conducted on May 5 across 4,750 centres, in which around 24 lakh candidates appeared. The results were expected to be declared on 14 June, but were declared on 4 June – the day on which general election results were declared –, apparently because the evaluation of answer sheets was completed earlier.
In states like Bihar, there have been allegations of question paper leak and other irregularities in the All India Examination.
The Center and the National Testing Agency on Thursday told the Supreme Court that they have canceled the grace marks given to 1,563 candidates who appeared for the examination for admission to MBBS and other such courses.
The Center has said that they will have the option to either retake the exam or withdraw the compensation marks given for the loss of time.The Congress on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on the matter and said only a Supreme Court-monitored forensic investigation can protect the future of lakhs of young students.
