The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday announced that the re-exam will be held on June 23, 2024 for all 1,563 NEET UG candidates who received grace marks due to a wrong question and the results will be declared on June 30.
“Following the observations of the Supreme Court on the report of the High Powered Committee of NTA, the grace/compensatory marks awarded to all 1,563 students have been withdrawn. The re-examination for these candidates will be held on June 23, 2024,” the NTA said in a release.
The NTA further said that it will soon issue a public notice and contact these 1,563 candidates through email to ensure that they receive the official communication.
NEET-UG 2024: The issue of compensatory/grace marks
The re-examination of all 1563 candidates will be held on 23 June 2024. pic.twitter.com/G7mxKYUZ69
— National Testing Agency (@NTA_Exams) June 13, 2024
Meanwhile, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, “The Supreme Court has ruled that the 1,563 students will be given the option to either reappear for the NEET exam or accept the original marks (without grace marks). I accept the Supreme Court’s decision.”
The Education Minister further said, “The government has taken this issue seriously. More than 50 lakh students appear in NEET, JEE and CUET examinations conducted by NTA. Action will be taken against those responsible for creating disturbances in the examination…”
#Watch | Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, “Today the Supreme Court has given its verdict in the NEET case. Around 24 lakh students appeared in the NEET exam and around 13 lakh students passed. Around 4,500 centres have been set up for the exams conducted across the country.… pic.twitter.com/TzjbR4oDwE
– ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2024
Earlier today, the Centre told the Supreme Court that the scorecards of 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates seeking admission to medical colleges will be cancelled after they were awarded grace marks for a wrong question.
The decision has been taken following allegations of widespread irregularities and unfair marking in the national medical entrance examinations.
“A committee met on June 10, 11 and 12 to look into the allegations. Based on the recommendations of the committee, the scorecards of the affected candidates will be cancelled and a re-examination will be conducted for these students,” the government told the Supreme Court.
While refusing to stay the counselling of NEET-UG, 2024, scheduled to begin on July 6, the SC clarified that admission of successful candidates to medical colleges and other institutions will be subject to the outcome of petitions seeking relief on grounds of question paper leak and other malpractices.
“Counselling will take place as per schedule and there will be no disruption. If the exam continues, everything else will also continue, so there is no reason to worry,” the Supreme Court said.
Meanwhile, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged irregularities in NEET, saying that the future of 24 lakh students appearing for the NEET-UG 2024 exam is at stake due to the actions of the Modi government.
The exam was held on May 5 at 4,750 centres and around 24 lakh candidates appeared for it. The results were expected to be declared on June 14, but were announced on June 4 as the evaluation of answer sheets had already been completed.
