One more entrance exam postponed, Centre sacks National Testing Agency chief
The Union education ministry on Saturday entrusted the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe allegations of irregularities in this year’s NEET-UG exam.
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The Union health ministry on Saturday announced the cancellation of the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test for admissions to post-graduate medical courses in the country, also known as the NEET-PG exam, which was scheduled for Sunday.
Nearly two lakh graduate medical students write the exam annually to secure around 52,000 post-graduation seats across the country, reported The Indian Express.
This came on the day that the Union government sacked the National Testing Agency’s Director General Subodh Kumar Singh. Retired 1985 batch Indian Administrative Services officer Pradeep Singh Kharola will take over as the agency’s chief until further orders, the newspaper reported.
On Saturday, the Union education ministry also announced that it was entrusting the Central Bureau of Investigation to look into allegations of paper leaks and other malpratices with regard to the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test for admission to undergraduate medical courses, also known as the NEET-UG exam.
The National Testing Agency has been in the middle of a row concerning alleged irregularities and paper leaks in two of India’s largest competitive entrance examinations, namely the NEET-UG exam and the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test for the post of assistant professor in universities and colleges.
To be sure, however, the NEET-PG exam is not conducted by the National Testing Agency but the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences.
The examination was cancelled “in...
