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NTA refutes reports of NEET UG 2024 paper leak

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has refuted the reports that the NEET UG 2024 paper has been leaked.

Sunday May 5, 2024 8:22 PM, ummid.com with inputs from Agencies

NEET UG 2024: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has refuted the reports that the NEET UG 2024 paper has been leaked.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET UG 2024) Sunday May 05, 2024 for close to 24 lakh students in India and abroad.

The medical entrance exam was held in around 557 cities across India and 14 cities abroad with many cities having multiple exam centres.

As per the NEET UG 2024 schedule, the entrance exam started at 02:00 PM and ended at 05:00 PM. Social media platforms however are abuzz with claims that the NEET UG 2024 question papers were leaked.

“Where the instances of ‘paper leak’ being claimed are completely false and it is being done just to sensationalise the news”, The Indian Express reported quoting an unnamed NTA official.

How the buzz started?

The National Testing Agency however admitted that the NEET UG question papers in English were “erroneously” given to Hindi medium students which led to the reports of paper leak.

"In an isolated incident at Girls Higher Secondary Adarsh Vidya Mandir, Mantown, Sawai Madhopur, Hindi-medium students were given English medium question paper by mistake. By the time the invigilator was correcting the mistake, students forcefully walked out of the exam hall with the question paper. As per the rules, students are only allowed to exit the exam hall with the question paper after the exam. But some students walked out forcefully.

"Due to this, the question paper was circulated on the internet around 04:00 PM - an hour before the exam ended. But by that time the exam had already started at all other centres across the country. So, there has not been any ‘leak’ of the NEET UG question paper,” Dr Sadhana Parashar, Sr Director NTA said in a statement released today.

"However, the NTA assures the public that apart from this isolated incident, the NEET UG 2024 examination commenced smoothly. The NTA reaffirms its commitment to conducting examinations with transparency, integrity and fairness”, she added.

Reports of NEET UG Paper leak on Social Media

Reports of NEET UG paper leak started circulating on social media after a video of a man claiming "NEET UG paper could be leaked" went viral yesterday.

Reports of NEET UG paper leak started circulating on social media after a video of a man claiming "NEET UG paper could be leaked" went viral yesterday.

The man seen in the video claimed that Vishal Chaurasia, the alleged mastermind of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) Teacher recruitment exam question paper leak, might leak the NEET question paper.

“NEET 2024 paper may get leaked. Connection to Vishal Chaurasia, known for BPSC paper leak. Over 24 lakh aspirants will be affected", social media user Vivek Pandey wrote on X.

Rumours were also circulating on X, originally launched as Twitter, that the NEET UG question paper is available on Telegram channels.

NEET UG 2024 Answer Key

Meanwhile, students who appeared in the NEET entrance today should note that unofficial NEET Answer Keys have also been started flooding the social media platforms.

Candidates should note that the NEET UG 2024 Answer Keys currently available are either released by coaching centres or teachers, and are not officially released by the NTA.

The NTA will release the official answer key of NEET UG 2024 in few weeks time. The NTA will first release Provisional Answer Key. It will then ask candidates to raise objection, if any. After analysing the objections raised, the NTA will then Final Answer Key based on which the NEET UG 2024 result will be declared.

The NTA has not officially confirmed the exact date to release NEET UG 2024 Answer Key and result.

 

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