NTA working on CUET-UG results, date to be announced soon, says UGC chief

University Grants Commission UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar on Wednesday said the date for declaration of results for the Common University Entrance Test CUETUG will be announced soon reported PTIThe results were scheduled to be announced by June 30 However as per the PTI report there has been no update yet from the National Testing Agency NTANTA is working on CUET results and will announce a date soon the UGC chairman saidThe delay comes amid a massive row over alleged irregularities in the various competitive exams including NEET and NETThe exam conducted in a hybrid mode for the first time was cancelled across Delhi a night before the exam over logistical reasons The exam was conducted later in DelhiAs per the PTI report the NTA had earlier announced that the third edition of the CUETUG will be completed in seven days and there will be no normalisation of scores as all exams will be conducted in a single shiftFor 15 subjects the tests were in penpaper mode while for the other 48 subjects the exam was held in computerbased modeOver 134 lakh candidates had registered for the common entrance test for admission to undergraduate courses in 261 central state deemed and private universities Academic calendar in universities is also likely to be impacted as a result of the delay in result declarationWhile the NEET is being scrutinised over numerous alleged irregularities including a purported paper leak UGCNET was cancelled after the Education Ministry was notified that the UGCNETs integrity had been jeopardised Both matters are being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBITwo other exams CSIRUGC NET and NEETPG were cancelled as a preemptive stepNEETUG result 2024 NTA announces retest result revised rank listThe National Testing Agency NTA on Monday declared the NEETUG result 2024 and the revised rank list for the medical entrance exam reported news agency PTIAccording to PTI the NEETUG result 2024 and the revised list was announced after a retest was conducted for candidates who were earlier awarded grace marks to compensate for loss of time as the exam on May 5 started late at six centresFor the retest conducted at seven centres on June 23 following a Supreme Court order 48 per cent of the 1563 candidates did not appearNational Testing Agency NTA officials reported that 813 of the 1563 candidates appeared for the retest while the others opted for the marks without the grace reported PTICentrewise Chandigarh which had just two candidates registered zero attendance The underscanner Jhajjar centre registered 58 per cent attendance with 287 of the 494 candidates taking the retestAllegations arose that the grace marks inflated scores leading to six candidates from a single Haryana centre achieving a perfect 720 along with 61 others Consequently the top court ordered the cancellation of the grace marks and provided an option for a retestAt least 52 per cent 813 out of 1563 candidates appeared for the retest No candidates appeared in Chandigarh while the numbers were 291 from Chhattisgarh one from Gujarat 287 from Haryana and 234 from Meghalaya a senior NTA official earlier told PTI