Subhechcha Ganguly 
One day after it was administered on June 18, the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test was cancelled.The National Testing Agency announced on Friday night new dates for postponed and cancelled tests, stating the UGC-NET will now take place from August 21 to September 4. This announcement came amid a furious dispute about purported flaws in the administration of competitive exams.A day after it was administered on June 18, the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test was cancelled due to information obtained by the education ministry indicating that the test’s integrity had been compromised.
The UGC-NET is an exam used to evaluate candidates for PhD course admission, assistant professor appointments, and junior research fellowship awards.This year, the exam was administered offline on a single day, departing from the previous routine. The rescheduled exam, however, will follow the previous format of a computer-based test administered over the course of two weeks.The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research UGC-NET, which was scheduled to take place from July 25 to July 27, was pushed back as a preventative step in response to allegations of anomalies in the way exams were administered.
In response to the purported anomalies in the PhD entrance test (NET) and medical entrance exam (NEE-UG), the Centre last week informed a panel to guarantee an open, seamless, and equitable administration of exams via the NTA.The UGC-NET was cancelled when the government received information indicating that the exam’s integrity had been jeopardised, while the NEET is being scrutinised for multiple purported anomalies, including a paper leak.
