NEET: High-level panel to set up robust foolproof exam process, seeks students', parents’ suggestion
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NEW DELHI: Amid growing protest for cancellation of NEET UG 2024, the ministry of education’s high-level committee under the chairmanship of K Radhakrishnan, former chairman of ISRO and chairman BoG, IIT Kanpur, held a meeting to look into issued related to the National Testing Agency (NTA). The experts said that the priority of the committee is to seek suggestions from students and parents.
The high-level committee was set up by the ministry of education to study the functioning of the NTA after the recent UGC NET, NEET exam 2024 fiascos. In the first meeting, K Radhakrishnan said they seek suggestions from students and parents and plan to engage with them, personally and digitally, to know and understand the concerns.
The experts also discussed steps to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations and vowed to build a robust system for starting the test.
On this, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati K M Satyanarayana Rao said: “With the recent challenges faced in the conduct of the NEET 2024 and UGC NET exam, the government is taking many proactive steps so that there is a fair process in place for all the aspirants.”
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The CBI on Monday took over five new cases of alleged malpractices in the NEET UG 2024 exam that were being investigated by police in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bihar. This comes amidst the opposition assuring the public that it will take the paper leak matter to the Parliament.
Additionally, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police also arrested a Zilla Parishad school teacher from Latur and registered a case against four persons after it emerged that a racket was being operated to help NEET students willing to pay money to crack the exam.
The Centre also notified the rules under the recently passed anti-paper leak law , mandating the National Recruitment Agency (NRA) to prepare norms, standards and guidelines for the computer-based tests among others.
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