NEET-UG RESULTS 2024: AN EXPLANATION OF THE GRACE MARKS DEBATE,PROTESTS, AND PAPER LEAKS.

The National Testing Agency’s (NTA) decision to provide grace marks to 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates was revoked, the Center informed the Supreme Court on Thursday.Additionally, these 1,563 students will have the opportunity to reapply for the test.Petitions regarding the NEET-UG, 2024 exam for admission to MBBS, BDS, and related programs were being heard by the highest court.

A stay on the counseling dates was ultimately rejected by the Supreme Court, which was considering the petitions. The other, the Minister of Union Education, brushes down the possibility of a “paper leak.” Unexpectedly, postdated checks made out to a mafia were found by the Bihar Police’s Economic Offences Unit (EOU), raising the prospect of a paper leak.

Due to possible inconsistencies in the grace mark allocation, three more petitions to cancel the NEET UG 2024 exam and administer a fresh exam are being heard in court. Judges Sandeep Mehta and Vikram Nath will hear these applications. In addition, a stay of the counseling process is requested in the petition.

“EOU investigators found 6 post-dated cheques during the investigation that were issued in favor of criminals who allegedly provided question papers to the candidates ahead of the examination,” said Manavjit Singh Dhillon, Deputy Inspector General of the EOU.

He added, “Inside the safe home where candidates were housed prior to the exam, the EOU inspectors also discovered partially burned exam papers. We’ve requested reference inquiries from the NTA. It hasn’t replied to this yet. As soon as we obtain reference question papers from the NTA, we will transfer the burned question paper to the appropriate forensic lab for analysis.

The NTA reiterated that there was no possibility of paper leaks when it published a document on Wednesday that contained commonly asked questions (FAQs) about the exam.

According to NTA officials, 23 of the 63 cases of students utilizing unfair means that were reported in NEET-UG have resulted in varied degrees of debarment. They did, however, stress that there has been no compromising of the medical entrance exam’s integrity.

A four-person commission was established by the Education Ministry last week to examine the grace marks.

Inconsistencies in the NCERT textbooks were addressed, according to NTA authorities, and as a result, 44 candidates received complete marks and many others saw an increase in their scores, which contributed to the high percentage of perfect results. The majority of the accusations, according to NTA sources, are an attempt to fabricate a story about the exam, even if the exam results have turned into a political controversy.

Senior counsel and Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal tweeted about the situation as well, adding, “Corruption has been exposed on media platforms, such as question papers for medical school admissions, and the current NTA has really bungled.” A number of these instances in Gujarat have baffled me and are quite concerning for the country. I believe NTA ought to respond to a few of these extremely important queries.

AAP politician and minister for Delhi, Saurabh Bhardwaj, blasted the Central government over the NEET scandal, saying, “The exam paper was leaked in Bihar on May 4, and the NEET exam was conducted on May 5. Some pupils received the question paper, and they passed the test. Four students have been detained by police in relation to it.

CONCLUSION : The National Testing Agency (NTA) has revoked its decision to grant grace marks to 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates, allowing them to reapply for the test. The Supreme Court rejected a stay on counseling dates, while the Minister of Union Education dismissed the possibility of a “paper leak.”