Minister Explains Why NEET Exam Is Not Cancelled Despite Paper Leak Probe
NDTV
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that cancelling the exam would affect lakhs of students who cleared the examination rightfully.
The government has opted to not cancel the medical entrance examination NEET, despite a raging controversy and an ongoing investigation of the paper being leaked a day before the exam. Explaining their stand, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the leak affected only a limited number of students, contrasting sharply with previous incidents in 2004 and 2015 where broader leaks led to exam cancellations. He said that cancelling the exam would affect lakhs of students who cleared the examination rightfully.
He also said that the case is being heard by the Supreme Court, and any decision taken by the court will be the final one.
A row erupted after 67 students scored a perfect 720 in the NEET-UG exam, and the National Testing Agency clarified that they had given grace marks to some students due to a wrong question and delay in candidates getting the question paper late.
