NTA postpones NCET 2024 due to technical issues; new exam date soon

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has postponed the National Common Entrance Test (NCET) 2024 due to technical issues. The exam scheduled for today, June 12, could not be initiated at all centres and has been, thus, postponed. The testing agency will announce the new date soon.

“Unfortunately, due to technical reasons, the examination, which had commenced at some centres, could not be initiated at all examination centres. As a result, the examination has been postponed. A new date for the NCET 2024 will be announced soon through the official NCET portal,” said NTA in an official notice.

While informing about the status of the exam scheduled to take place from 2 pm to 5 pm, the exam conducting body said that it regrets the inconvenience caused to the candidates. A total of 40,233 students registered for NCET 2024. According to biometric registration data, close to 29,000 candidates appeared for the exam at 292 centres located in about 160 cities across the country, NTA informed.

The exam will be held for a total of 66 subjects comprising 38 languages, 26 domain subjects, one general test, and one teaching aptitude test. Each candidate was required to take a total of seven subjects, including two languages, three domain subjects, one general test, and one teaching aptitude test.

NCET 2024 will be conducted for admission to the four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) in selected central, state universities and institutions, including IITs, NITs, RIEs, and government Colleges for the academic session 2024-25.