AMID demand by the Opposition to re-conduct the medical entrance exam NEET, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said isolated incidents of malpractices should not affect lakhs of students who cleared the examination rightfully. He announced a high-level panel to look into the functioning of the testing agency NTA. Pradhan also appealed to the Opposition parties not to politicise the issue and said strict action would be taken against those found guilty, including officials from the National Testing Agency (NTA).

 

The high-level committee to review and improve the functioning of NTA would be notified soon, the Minister said.

About the cancellation of the UGC-NET examination for selection of junior research fellows, Assistant Professors and PhD scholars, Pradhan said the exam paper was leaked on Darknet. “Let us have faith in our systems and no irregularities or malpractices will be tolerated by the Government,” he said. “Be it NTA or any top official or senior person in NTA, strict action will be taken against whoever is found guilty in the NEET case. No malpractices will be tolerated and the Government is committed to holding zero-error exams,” he said.