NTA fact-finding panel on Kerala NEET issue to submit report in 4 weeks

NEW DELHI : A three-member committee set up by the National Testing Agency (NTA) to look into the alleged incident of a National Eligiblity Entrance Test (NEET) aspirant in Kerala asked to remove her bra before the exam, will submit its report in four weeks, according to officials. The panel include senior NTA director Sadhna Parashar; principal of Saraswathi Vidyalaya in Kerala's Arappura Shylaja OR and Suchitra Shyjinth from Pragati Academy in Kerala.

"The panel will visit the spot and verify the facts of the matter after talking to all people concerned. "It will see whether the security and frisking protocols of NTA as detailed in Chapter 9: Barred Items and Dress Code of the information bulletin, as well as guidelines for city coordinators, centre superintendents, observers and invigilators were followed," a senior NTA official said. The committee will make necessary recommendations and submit its report in four weeks, the official added.

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Five women were arrested in Kerala on Tuesday for allegedly forcing girl students, who appeared for the medical entrance exam NEET, to remove undergarments. While three women worked for an agency hired by the NTA, two worked for the private educational institution at Ayur in Kollam where the incident happened.

The NTA constituted a fact-finding committee to look into the alleged incident. Earlier, the NTA had rubbished the claims saying the exam centre superintendent has informed it that the police complaint in the matter was “fictitious” and filed with wrong intentions.