The Centre on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to cancel the scorecards of as many as 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates, who were given grace marks.
In a statement to the court on Thursday, the National Testing Agency said that these 1,563 students will be provided with the option to take a re-test to ensure fairness and integrity in the exam process.
Supreme Court takes into record the statement of NTA that a re-test of 1563 students will be notified today itself and it would likely be held on June 23 and results would be declared prior to June 30, so that counselling which is set to begin in July is not affected.
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“Counselling will go on and we will not stop it. If the exam goes then everything goes in totality so nothing to fear,” said the Supreme Court.
"The Committee has taken a decision to cancel the scorecards of 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates who were given grace marks and these students will be given the option to take a re-test. Exams will be conducted on June 23 and results will be declared before June 30," NTA told the SC.
On the Supreme Court's hearing on the NEET-UG 2024 exam, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told ANI, "I want to assure the students and their parents that the Govt of India and NTA are committed to providing justice to them. 24 lakh students have successfully taken the NEET examination. There is no paper leak, no proof has been found yet."
"A court-recommended model was adopted for around 1560 students and a panel of academicians has been formed for the same...We will accept the verdict of the Court...," ANI quoted Pradhan.