Two Students Scheduled To Take NEET-UG Retest At Chandigarh Centre Skip Exam

An exam centre in Chandigarh where all arrangements had been made, including the deploymꦇent of police and invigilators, for two students to take their NEET-UG retest on Sunday shut the gates after neither turned up.

An official at St Joseph's Senior Secondary School in Chandigarh's Sector-44 said the gates were to be closed at 1:30 pm. After neither student turned up for the retest, the authorities sh𝐆ut the gates.

The re-exam was held from 2 pm to 5:20 pm.

The National Testing Agency (N♍TA) conducted a retest for 1,563 students awarded grace marks in the Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) to make up for time loss at six centres. As many as 67 students scored a perfect 720, unprecedented in the NTA's history, with six from a centre in Haryana's Fa𒁏ridabad figuring in the list, raising suspicions about irregularities.

The official said necessary arrangements were put in place for꧒ the re-exam. Chandi🐻garh Police personnel were also deployed.

NEET-UG is conducted for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in gov🧔ernment and private institutions.

This year, the exam was held on May 5, with around 24 lakh candidates appearing fo꧃r it. The results were announced on June 4.

Since then, there have been allegations of question paper leaks in states such as Bihar and other irregularities. The allegations have led to protests in several cities and filing of petitions in ⛎various🐠 high courts as well as the Supreme Court.

Facing flak over the alleged discrepancies in the exam, the Centre on Saturday shunted out NTA Director Genera🐻l Subodh Singh and handed over the probe into the irregularities to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The Union edu꧙cation ministry also set up a seven-member panel to 🐬review the agency's functioning and recommend exam reforms.

The CBI ha🌳s filed an FIR in connection with the alleged irregulariti🍌es, officials said on Sunday.