NEET 2026 retest under scanner: Parliamentary panel to review exam conduct, NTA reforms on July 1

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports will on July 1 review the conduct of the NEET UG 2026 re-examination and examine the reforms being implemented to strengthen the National Testing Agency (NTA), following the controversy that led to the cancellation of the original examination.

Senior officials from the Ministry of Higher Education and the NTA, including Higher Education Secretary Vineet Joshi and NTA Director General Abhishek Singh, are scheduled to brief the panel on the learnings from the June 21 re-examination and the measures being taken to improve the examination system. Former ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan, who heads the high-powered steering committee overseeing implementation of reforms to strengthen the NTA, will also present the progress made on the agency's restructuring.

According to a recent PTI report, top officials of the Ministry of Higher Education and the National Testing Agency will brief a Parliamentary panel on the learnings from the NEET-UG re-examination and steps to strengthen the NTA.

Sources told PTI that former ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan will also brief the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports on the reforms to strengthen the National Testing Agency.

Radhakrishnan is also the chairman of the high-powered steering committee constituted by the government to monitor implementation of the recommendations on National Testing Agency (NTA).

The panel, during its meeting on July 1, will also review the learnings from the NEET-UG re-examination process and NTA Director General Abhishek Singh will brief the panel members on the outcomes of the re-exam conducted on June 21. Higher Education Secretary Vineet Joshi has also been called by the Parliamentary Committee for the discussions.

Sources further informed PTI that a few former officials of the Indian Institute of Science and AICTE, besides Delhi School of Artificial Intelligence, will also brief the Committee on the impact of AI on education and suggest strategies to maximise employability of students.

The sources said the panel has called former head of NIEPA Arun C Mehta and former IIT Guwahati Director and former Chairman of AICTE T G Sitharam to brief the panel members on the impact of artificial intelligence on education.

The Parliamentary committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports is chaired by Congress member Mukul Wasnik, and this will be the first meeting under his chairmanship. Earlier, Congress member Digvijaya Singh was the panel chairman, but has since retired on June 21.

The panel had earlier summoned all top officials of the ministries of Higher Education and Health and officials of NTA and NMC over the NEET-UG exam paper leak case and the CBSE onscreen marking system.