5 Minutes Read
NEET UG Paper Leak 2024: Question paper leak reports are baseless, says National Testing Agency
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
Listen to the Article (6 Minutes)
Summary
Reports claiming leak of NEET-UG question paper are baseless and without any ground, NTA said, adding that the purported images of question papers circulating on social media have no relation with actual paper.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on May 6 rebuffed social media reports that suggest the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate 2024 (NEET-UG) question paper was leaked. Reports claiming leak of NEET-UG question paper are baseless and without any ground, NTA said, adding that the purported images of question papers circulating on social media have no relation with actual paper.
The NTA, however, said the distribution of wrong question papers at a NEET exam centre in Rajasthan led to some candidates walking out with the papers, claiming the integrity of the examination process was not compromised.
The exam was later reconducted for the 120 affected candidates at the centre, said Sadhna Parashar, Senior Director, NTA. According to NTA sources cited by news agency PTI, some candidates were distributed question papers in languages other than their choice of medium which prompted them to walk out of the centre.
“During NEET-UG examination, it came to attention that at one exam centre, Girls Higher Secondary Model School, Mantown, Sawai Madhopur, there was an incident of incorrect distribution of question papers by the centre superintendent. Despite efforts by invigilators to prevent it, some candidates left the exam centre with the question papers,” Parashar said.
A senior NTA official reportedly told national daily Indian Express, “As per the rules students are only allowed to exit the hall with the question paper after the exam, but some students walked out forcefully. Due to this, the question paper was circulated on the internet around 4 pm, but by that time the exam had already started at all other centres across the country. So, there has not been any ‘leak’ of the NEET UG question paper.”
Meanwhile, on reports of the paper leak, Congress Spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said “This is because of the failure of this government. The paper leaks are happening time and again. With NEET paper leak, future of 23,00,000 students will be in dark. We will bring a law against paper leaks.”
Separately, the police have registered a case against a 20-year-old student from Rajasthan for allegedly making a proxy candidate appear in place of her at the NEET medical entrance exam in Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra.
The NTA conducted the NEET-UG 2024 exam on May 5 in 557 cities across the country and 14 cities abroad in multiple exam centres.
Elon Musk forms several ‘X Holdings’ companies to fund potential Twitter buyout
3 Mins Read
Thursday’s filing dispelled some doubts, though Musk still has work to do. He and his advisers will spend the coming days vetting potential investors for the equity portion of his offer, according to people familiar with the matter
Daily Newsletter
