NEET Aspirants Demand Re-Exam: NEET Aspirants Demanded Re-Exam of NEET UG 2024; Marks Inflation 

NEET Aspirants Demand Re-Exam: The National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the NEET UG results 2024 for over 24 lakh students on June 4 at the official website, exams.nta.ac.in; which is 10 days before the result date. The NEET UG result date also clashed with the general election 2024 results. A few aspirants of the medical entrance exam NEET have alleged inflation of marks which led to a record 67 candidates bagging the best rank, including six from the same exam centre. The National Testing Agency (NTA), however, denied any inconsistencies and said the changes made within the NCERT textbooks and grace marks for losing time at the examination centres are some of the reasons behind the students scoring higher marks. The results declared by NTA on Wednesday evening saw 67 students sharing rank one, including six from same examination centre in Haryana. First due to paper leak and now due to result error, the future of lakhs of youth of the country is getting ruined. It is evident that this government cannot get any paper done without leaking it. Sir claims to stop wars in foreign countries but he is unable to even stop paper leaks within the country,” the Congress party said on X (twitter).

Specifying the reason behind inflation of marks, the NTA said it received representations raising concerns about the loss of time during conduct of the examination. “Such cases and representations were considered by NTA and the standardization formula, which has been formulated and embraced by Supreme Court, vide its Judgment dated 13.06.2018, was implemented to address the loss of time faced by the candidates of NEET (UG) 2024. “The loss of examination time was discovered and such candidates were compensated with grace marks. So, there marks can be 718 or 719 also,” it said in a statement. Inquired about the allegations of unclear implementation of grace marks, a senior NTA official told PTI that the question paper was prepared using a new NCERT textbook.

NEET Aspirants Demand Re-Exam and Concern raised due to Mark Inflation:

The National Testing Agency (NTA) clarified on Tuesday night that the NEET grace marks were awarded to students who raised concerns about loss of exam time. However, students are not satisfied and said there is no clarity in the NTA statement. An aspirant took to X and said, “67 students scoring 720 out of 720 marks in the results released after the NEET exam paper leak raises doubt. This is playing with the future of lakhs of candidates of the country, due to which there is outrage among the students. The government should conduct a high-level investigation”. Another X user Nitish Rajput said NTA awarded grace marks according to the court order but the students argue this sudden decision is unjustifiable as the agency has not mentioned any strategy to award these ‘grace marks’.
“Calls for straightforwardness in the process have only grown louder. The controversy for the NTA is brewing as lakhs of NEET aspirants demand re-exam citing lack of clarity in NTA’s clarifications and have even pushed for the Supreme Court’s intervention. Grace marks given for lost exam time have raised concerns of fairness,” he added.
The entrance exam was conducted on May 5 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities including 14 cities abroad. The NTA had on May 5 claimed that the distribution of wrong question papers at an exam centre in Rajasthan led to a few candidates walking out with the papers. The agency had denied any leak of the question paper. A day later, the NTA had repeated that the reports claiming question paper leak within the medical entrance exam NEET-UG are “completely baseless and without any ground”, and each and every question paper has been accounted for.

However, a few students had old NCERT textbooks. “We received a representation on this issue as well due to which NTA had to allot five marks to all students who had marked one of the two options. Because of this reason, marks of a total of 44 students increased from 715 to 720, which resulted in an increased number of toppers,” the official said. After several court cases and representations raising concerns over loss of time during exam were received, a committee was shaped to look into the matter, the official said, adding that the committee went through everything and the loss of time was found out. “Such candidates were compensated with grace marks.
Therefore, the marks of students at some centres are high because it is likely they all benefited from grace marks,” the official added. According to experts, the mark inflation in NEET UG 2024 result is anticipated to form securing a spot in medical school this year more troublesome. A few aspiring students have turned to online platforms to demand the cancellation of the results and a re-examination. “Several students are raising a few valid points. How come students with same sequence roll number scored the same marks. This is a serious issue. “We do not want such doctors to serve our country. This must be investigated,” said Anubha Shrivastava, a lawyer and president of India Wide Parents Association.