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Mint
a day ago
- Health
- Mint
NEET PG 2025 postponed due to single shift exam format; fresh dates to be declared
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has postponed the NEET PG 2025 exam. Earlier, it was scheduled to be held on June 15. According to the official notice, NEET PG 2025 will be conducted in a single shift. To accommodate this, more test centers are being arranged across the country. As a result, fresh exam dates will be announced shortly by the National Board of Examinations (NBEMS). "We, accordingly, direct the respondents to make necessary arrangements for holding the NEET-PG 2025 examination in one shift, duly ensuring that complete transparency is maintained and secure centres are identified and commissioned," read the official notice. (This is a developing story. Keep checking for more details)
Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Hold NEET-PG exam in one sitting; two papers can vary in difficulty: Supreme Court
Representative image NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the National Board of Examinations (NBE) to conduct the NEET-PG exam in one sitting for all 2.4 lakh candidates instead of the scheduled test in two shifts in 900 centres across India on June 15. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Kumar and N V Anjaria said it was not ready to accept that the body conducting the examination could not find enough centres to accommodate all candidates in one shift. "Holding the examination in two shifts is arbitrary and does not allow candidates to have the same question paper. Any two different question papers will vary in their difficulty levels," the bench said. When counsel for NBE said the norm in IIT-JEE was to have multiple sets of question papers and then apply normalisation of marks according to difficulty levels of questions, SC said normalisation of marks could be adopted only in exceptional circumstances and not routinely year after year. It directed NBE to set up an adequate number of additional examination centres to conduct NEET-PG in one sitting. When the counsel said the process for identifying additional secure examination centres could result in postponing the June 15 exam date, the bench said if the authorities require postponement of the test for finding more centres, it would have to seek permission from the court.
Hans India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Supreme Court orders NBE to conduct NEET-PG 2025 in single shift
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deprecated the National Board of Examinations (NBE) practice to conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-PG 2025 examination in two shifts. A bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath opined that holding the examination in two shifts leads to arbitrariness and cannot give a level playing field to the candidates. 'The question papers in two shifts can never be of the same difficulty level. Last year, it (NEET-PG 2024) may have been held in two shifts in the facts and circumstances of that stage. But the examining body ought to have considered making arrangements for holding the examination in one shift,' remarked the Bench, also comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and The apex court was dealing with a clutch of petitions challenging the lack of transparency in the conduct of the NEET-PG examination. In their plea filed before the apex court, NEET-PG aspirants claimed that the introduction of two shifts, normalisation method, and change in the tie-breaker criterion affected medical students adversely. The petitioners contended that the NEET-PG information bulletin could be amended at the whim and fancy of the authorities, and no rules or regulations existed governing the conduct of examinations. Further, they challenged the NBE decision not to disclose question papers, answer keys, or response sheets of candidates. The plea said that NEET-PG had never been held in two shifts before and had always remained a single-shift and single-day examination to ensure a uniform examination standard and fairness of the national test. One of the petitions, filed through advocate Parul Shukla, highlighted that, unlike previous years where the candidate used to receive their total score along with the number of correctly attempted questions and the number of incorrectly attempted questions, the NEET-PG 2024 results did not provide their total score. Recently, the top court issued notices to the Centre, NBE and NMC (National Medical Commission) on a plea filed by the United Doctors Front (UDF) challenging the conduct of the NEET-PG 2025 examination in two shifts. The plea sought the top court's intervention to conduct NEET-PG 2025 in a single and uniform session, apart from seeking an interim stay on the examination scheduled for June 15.
Hans India
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
SC to hear next week pleas challenging lack of transparency in NEET-PG exam
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear next week a clutch of petitions challenging the lack of transparency in the conduct of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-PG examination. A bench presided over by Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai will likely hear the matter on Monday (May 26). In their plea filed before the apex court, NEET-PG aspirants claimed that the introduction of two shifts, normalisation method, and change in the tie-breaker criterion affected medical students adversely. The petitioners contended that the NEET-PG information bulletin could be amended at the whim and fancy of the authorities, and no rules or regulations existed governing the conduct of examinations. It challenged the National Board of Examinations (NBE) decision not to disclose question papers, answer keys, or response sheets of candidates. The plea said that there was a clear lack of transparency in the conduct of the examination since none of the documents allowed students to check their performance, adding that neither the question paper, nor the response sheet filled in by candidates, or an answer key was supplied to the students, and merely a scorecard had been provided. The petition, filed through advocate Parul Shukla, highlighted that, unlike previous years where the candidate used to receive their total score along with the number of correctly attempted questions and the number of incorrectly attempted questions, the NEET-PG 2024 results did not provide their total score. "The method/manner in which examination under the NEET PG 2024 is conducted by the respondents (authorities) is manifestly arbitrary and against the principles of transparency and fairness in state action as enshrined under Article 14 of the Constitution of India," it added. The plea said that NEET-PG had never been held in two shifts before and had always remained a single-shift and single-day examination to ensure a uniform examination standard and fairness of the national test. It highlighted a "serious patent defect in the conduct of the examination", requiring redressal in order to achieve a clean, transparent and effective system of examination which gives the best candidates. Recently, the top court issued notices to the Centre, NBE and NMC (National Medical Commission) on a plea filed by the United Doctors Front (UDF) challenging the conduct of the NEET-PG 2025 examination in two shifts. The plea sought the top court's intervention to conduct NEET-PG 2025 in a single and uniform session, apart from seeking an interim stay on the examination scheduled for June 15.
The Print
30-04-2025
- The Print
Rajasthan Police cautions NEET aspirants not to fall for paper leak fraud
It has been clarified that this examination process is extremely secure and confidential, and there is no possibility of a paper leak, according to an official statement. The National Board of Examinations and Rajasthan cyber crime branch have said that fraudsters are trying to dupe the students and parents of money by claiming that the NEET paper has been leaked online and can be obtained for an amount. Jaipur, Apr 30 (PTI) Rajasthan Police has requested medical aspirants and their family members to be aware of potential cyber fraud related to the NEET-UG 2025 exam. National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) is a nation-wide exam conducted for admission to undergraduate medical education in all medical institutions. It is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). Director General of Police (Cyber Crime) Hemant Priyadarshi said that through the Telegram app and social media platforms, scammers are spreading misleading information about the paper and trying to con the public off lakhs of rupees. The senior police officer said that the exam is on May 4 across the country, and the spreading of false information about the paper leak has increased concern among students and parents, he highlighted. Priyadarshi, in the statement, said that a number of fraudulent Telegram channels have been created to commit fraud ahead of the exam. A channel named 'NEET PG Leaked Materials' is operating, and about 20,600 members are connected to it, he pointed out. He said that in such channels, scammers are demanding Rs 50,000-70,000 from the students. The DGP warned aspirants and their family members not to share information like roll numbers or bank details with anyone and requested that any suspicious screenshots, group links, bank account, UPI ID and wallet details be shared with cyber helpline number 1930, cyber crime reporting portal or nearest police station, he said. PTI AG AMJ AMJ AMJ This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
