Health Ministry, NBE officials review NEET-PG exam process

Top officials from the Union health ministry and the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences reviewed the process of the NEETPG exam on Monday two days after the entrance examination to was postponedThe meeting was held to check the robustness of the system for the conduct of the exam in the coming days sources said as per the PTI reportThe process of uploading the NEETPG exam paper starts an hour before the exam is to be held This time it was postponed as a preventive measure to ensure the exam is held in a transparent and secure manner New dates will be announced soon depending upon the availability of centres the source said as per PTIThe National Eligibility Entrance Test Postgraduate entrance examination is conducted by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences NBEMS along with its technical partner Tata Consultancy Services TCS for medical studentsAccording to sources senior officers from the TCS were present in the meetingThe government on Saturday postponed the NEETPG entrance examination scheduled to be held on June 23 as a precautionary measure in the wake of recent allegations on the integrity of certain competitive examsTaking into consideration the recent incidents of allegations regarding the integrity of certain competitive examinations the Ministry of Health has decided to undertake a thorough assessment of the robustness of processes of NEETPG entrance examination conducted by the National Board of Examination for medical students the ministry had said on Saturday postponing the examIt has accordingly been decided as a precautionary measure to postpone the NEETPG entrance examination scheduled to be held tomorrow 23rd June 2024 it had statedNEETPG postponement another example that education system ruined under Modi Rahul GandhiCongress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday over the postponement of the NEETPG saying it was yet another unfortunate example that the education system has been ruinedThe Union Health Ministry said on Saturday that it has decided to postpone the NEETPG entrance examination scheduled to be held on June 23 as a precautionary measure in the wake of recent allegations on the integrity of certain competitive exams In a post in Hindi on X Gandhi said Now NEETPG is also postponed This is another unfortunate example of the education system that has been ruined under the rule of Narendra ModiUnder the BJPs rule instead of building their careers by studying students are forced to fight the government to save their future he said Now it is clear Modi who used to silently watch the spectacle every time is completely helpless in front of the paper leak racket and education mafia the former Congress chief saidNarendra Modis incompetent government is the biggest threat to the future of students We have to save the future of the country from it he added Facing flak over alleged irregularities in competitive exams the Centre on Saturday shunted out National Testing Agency NTA Director General Subodh Singh and set up a sevenmember panel headed by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan to review the agencys functioning and recommend exam reformsOn Friday the June edition of the Joint Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test CSIRUGCNET was postponed due to unavoidable circumstances and logistic issues On Wednesday UGCNET was cancelled following inputs that the exams integrity was compromisedOpposition parties have also claimed irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEETUG the results of which were announced by NTA on June 4 A probe into the alleged irregularities in this exam has been handed over to CBI