Cancelling an exam is unfair to honest candidates

NEET-PG 2024 entrance exam to be held on August 11, board announced

An Assam Pradesh Youth Congress activist gets his head shaved during a protest. Photo/PTI

Scrapping the controversial NEET-UG 2024 exam would not be a rational step and would seriously jeopardise lakhs of honest candidates who attempted the questions, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Friday.

In its affidavit submitted in response to a batch of petitions filed by candidates, coaching institutes and parents of NEET-UG aspirants, the Union Education Ministry said the government has asked the CBI to conduct a thorough probe into the entire gamut of alleged irregularities.

“It is also submitted that at the same time, in the absence of any evidence of large-scale breach of confidentiality in a pan-India examination, it would not be rational to abandon the examination in its entirety and the results already declared,” the Centre said.

New dates announced for NEET-PG 2024

The NEET-PG 2024 entrance exam will be held on August 11, the board announced. “In pursuance of the NBEMS notification dated 22.06.2024, the conduct of NEET-PG 2024 examination has been rescheduled. It will now be conducted on August 11 in two shifts. The last date for eligibility to appear in NEET-PG 2024 will remain August 15, 2024,” the board said.

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