• By Kamal Kumar
  • Sat, 20 Jul 2024 05:45 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

NEET UG 2024 Retest Update:  A NEET UG exam centre in Haryana, which came under the limelight after six students scored a perfect 720 score in the medical entrance examination, fared poorly in the retest as no one could cross a score of 682 marks in the Supreme Court-mandated re-exam held on June 24. A total of 494 students reappeared for the NEET re-exam at Hardayal Public School in Haryana's Bahadurgarh. The highest score achieved among these was a lone 682 marks, an analysis of the data showed.

The centre which produced six bulls-eye scorers thus failed to re-produce a single topper in the retest. Moreover, only 13 students among 494 students could cross a score of 600, a significant drop from the May 6 result, the data showed as reported by the NDTV.

This Haryana centre came under scrutiny after the NEET testing centre-wise data showed 6 students scoring a perfect 720 out of 720 in the exam. The astronomical odds of such an occurrence ignited dissatisfaction and suspicion among all the stakeholders - students, parents and coaching centres. Further, two candidates also scored 718 and 719 which was mathematically impossible to score as per the marking scheme of the NEET UG.

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Supreme Court Intervened

The apex court intervened and asked the NTA, a controversial body tasked with the conduct of the NEET exam, to cancel the 'grace marks' provided to certain students. It also asked these 1,563 candidates students to reappear in the exam.

Only 800 Took NEET Re-Exam

Around 800 students, half of the NEET retest candidates remained absent on June 24, official NTA data showed. This fueled further suspicion among the honest candidates. Later, the Supreme Court asked NTA to publish centre and city-wise results for the medical entrance exam NEET-UG.

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The NEET UG, which was held on May 5 across 4,750 centres in 571 cities for over 24 lakh candidates, remained marred with various allegations of irregularities such as paper leaks and compromise in exam sanctity. The Central Bureau of Investigation is probing these irregularities while the matter remain sub-judicial in the apex court of the country.