NEET PG 2024: Health Ministry, NBE officials review exam process 2 days after postponement
New Delhi: 2 days after the postponement of PG medical entrance test, the top officials from the Union health ministry and the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences reviewed the process of the NEET PG exam.
The 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 students.
Releasing a Statement on June 22, 2024, the Ministry postponed the exam around 12 hours before its scheduled date i.e. on June 23, 2024. The exam will now be rescheduled and a new date will be announced soon. Ministry had informed that the exam was being postponed after considering the incidents of allegations regarding the integrity of certain competitive examinations.
"Taking into consideration, the recent incidents of allegations regarding the integrity of certain competitive examinations, Ministry of Health has decided to undertake a thorough assessment of the robustness of processes of NEET-PG Entrance Examination, conducted by National Board of Examinations for medical students. It has accordingly been decided, as precautionary measure to postpone the NEET-PG Entrance Examination, scheduled to be held tomorrow i.e. 23rd June, 2024," the Union Health Ministry stated in a release.
However, since the exam was deferred only hours before the actual exam date, several candidates and parents arrived at the exam centres unaware that it had been postponed. They rued allegations of irregularities plaguing exams conducted by the exam bodies and asserted that it was adding to their already heightened stress and tension.
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