Parents wait exterior the NEET examination middle in Vijayawada on May 5, 2024.
| Photo Credit: KVS GIRI
The studies claiming question paper leak within the medical entrance examination NEET-UG are “completely baseless and without any ground”, the National Testing Agency (NTA) clarified on May 6.
Stressing that each question paper has been “accounted for”, the NTA mentioned that purported photos of the question paper circulating on social media don’t have any relation with the precise paper.
“It has been ascertained from NTA’s security protocols and Standard Operating Procedures that the social media posts pointing towards any paper leak are completely baseless and without any ground.
Over 5,000 students take NEET across U.T.
“To put rumours to relaxation, additionally it is acknowledged that each single question paper has been accounted for,” said Sadhana Parashar, Senior Director, NTA.
Ms. Parashar said that no external person or agency can access the centres once the examination starts.
She said that after the gates of the examination centres are closed, no one from outside is permitted access inside the halls, which are under CCTV surveillance.
“All different images of question papers circulating in social media don’t have any relation to the precise examination question paper which has been administered,” she 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 some candidates walking out with the papers. The agency had denied any leak of the question paper.
“The integrity of the examination course of was not compromised. The examination was later reconducted for the 120 affected candidates on the centre,” Ms. Parashar had mentioned on May 5.