NEET Re-Examination: Health, Education Ministries Assure Parliamentary Panel Of Fool-Proof Measures, Fair Entrance Exam

Top Central government officials from the ministries of health and education assured a Parliamentary panel on Wednesday that the departments have taken foolproof measures to ensure the NEET-UG re-exam on June 21 is conducted in a free and fair manner.

The Parliamentary Committee on Health and Family Welfare had summoned the secretaries of the health and education ministries over the conduct of the NEET-UG reexamination after the medical entrance exam held on May 3 was cancelled over paper leak allegations.

Top officials of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the National Medical Commission (NMC)were also summoned by the parliamentary panel.

Panel members asked the officials to adopt a foolproof system so as to ensure fair medical entrance examination. They noted that similar exams are conducted in countries such as China and the US without paper leaks or malpractices.

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The members urged officials to learn from global best practices and adopt systems that make examinations foolproof. They also called for better coordination between the NMC and the NTA, while stressing the need to boost the morale of the testing agency.

The panel expressed concern over rising student suicides and increasing anxiety among aspirants due to paper leaks and exam cancellations. Members also asked the government to support the families of students who died by suicide.

Officials assured the panel that foolproof arrangements have been made for the NEET re-exam scheduled for June 21.

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This was the third parliamentary panel before which officials of the two ministries, the NTA and the NMC, have appeared since the NEET-UG paper leak controversy. They had earlier appeared before the Parliamentary committees on education and government assurances and said their immediate focus was on conducting the June 21 re-test in pen-and-paper mode.

CBI Director Praveen Sood also appeared before a parliamentary panel to brief members on the progress of the probe into the NEET-UG paper leak case and the steps being taken to identify those behind it.

Their depositions were part of an in-depth review of the "Organisational Structure, Mandate and Functional Proficiency of Regulatory Institutions" under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

(With PTI Inputs)