UGC-NET cancelled hitting 9 lakh students

The Ministry of Education (MoE) announced late Wednesday night the cancellation of the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET). Just a day after over 9 lakh candidates appeared for it across 317 cities. Following inputs from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs that “the integrity of the examination may have been compromised”.

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With this decision, UGC-NET — key to finding an entry-level teaching job in Indian universities. Also for admissions to PhD programmes — becomes the first centrally-conducted public examination to be. Scrapped after the Centre introduced a new anti-paper leak law.

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Integrity of exam ‘compromised’, says govt

The MoE also announced that the investigation into the inputs of the exam being compromised is being handed over to the CBI. Information about the re-exam will be shared separately. Passed in Parliament in February 2024, the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act. Which provides for three to five years in prison and a fine of up to Rs 10 lakh. For those “resorting to unfair means and offences”, would, in all likelihood, be applicable to this exam, said sources.

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