According to the National Testing Agency, 813 out of 1,563 candidates appeared for the NEET-UG re-exam on Sunday.
This re-examination is being conducted for the affected candidates who lost time during the originally scheduled examination on 5th May.
“Out of a total of 1,563 candidates, only 52 per cent appeared for the re-examination on June 23. The total attendance was 813. Attendance at two Jazar Centres was 58.09 per cent. Out of 494, 287 appeared for the re-examination,” the NTA said.
According to NTA, “63 candidates from across the country have been debarred from the exam on charges of malpractice. Now, 17 candidates from Bihar have been debarred from the exam on charges of malpractice during the NEET exam. 30 candidates from exam centres located in Godhra have been debarred from the exam.”
The re-conduct of the exam was announced following allegations of irregularities in NEET-UG, including paper leak.
Amid allegations of irregularities in conduct of entrance examinations, the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday claimed that its website and all its web portals are completely safe.
The NTA rejected the allegations of tampering with the portals, calling them “false and misleading”.
“The NTA website and all its web portals are completely secure. Any information that has been hacked or leaked is false and misleading,” the NTA said in a post on X.
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The NTA has been facing criticism over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance-Test (NEET) (UG) exam 2024. This has created an uproar across the country, with the opposition demanding the abolition of the testing agency. An unprecedented 67 candidates scored 720 out of 720 marks, which further fuelled concerns.
Amid allegations of NEET irregularities, the Centre postponed the NEET-PG exam a day before its scheduled date and cancelled the UGC-NET exam held on June 18.
