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Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma assured today that the state government has raised concerns with the central agency regarding the alleged irregularities surrounding the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) held at Jowai in West Jaintia Hills district.
The statement comes after various organizations, including the Khasi Students’ Union and the Jaintia Students’ Union, demanded a re-conduction of the examination.
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Chief Minister Sangma took to social media stating, “The NEET exams are conducted by a central agency namely the National Testing Agency (NTA). In regards to the concerns on the recent exams conducted in different parts of the state, the matter is being taken up with the concerned central agency.”
The KSU and the JSU have alleged grave discrepancies during the NEET examination held in Jowai on Sunday. The alleged mismanagement included the distribution of two sets of question papers labeled as MNOP and QRST. This has led to significant distress among over 400 candidates, as they were initially unsure which set to attempt.
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“This situation is deeply concerning as students, through no fault of their own, have been subjected to the consequences of mismanagement by untrained invigilators. The provision of multiple sets of question papers without adequate guidance and the failure to allocate extra time to compensate for the time lost after the clarification of the correct set exacerbates the issue,” the two organizations said.
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