Before the outrage and political attack over the alleged paper leak and other irregularities in the Neet-UG 2024 and UGC-NET exams could die down, the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday postponed the CSIR-UGC NET entrance test, citing “unavoidable circumstances as well as logistic issues”. The only silver lining for the NTA exam process amid back-to-back setbacks was that the Supreme Court refused to defer the NEET-UG counselling slated to commence on July 6, saying it is not an “open and shut” exercise. In a late-evening development, the NTA postponed the CSIR-UGC-NET, scheduled between June 25 and 27, till further notice.
The agency said the revised exam dates will be announced soon on its official website. Both the CSIR and the UGC provide research fellowships for training in methods of research under the expert guidance of faculty members and scientists working in university departments, national laboratories and institutions in various fields of Science. Under fire over the lapses in the conduct of NEET and UGC-NET, the NTA, however, is gearing up to conduct on Sunday a retest for the medical entrance exam for 1,563 candidates who were earlier awarded grace marks to make up for the loss of time at six centres after the apex court turned down pleas against retest.
Facing widespread protests, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan reportedly skipped Delhi University’s Yoga Day event, where students held a protest carrying black flags and demanding his r.
