NEET row: 'No evidence of paper leak, govt ready to give answers in court,' says Edu Min Dharmendra Pradhan

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday that there is no proof that NEET 2024 question papers were leaked. His comments came after the Central government told the Supreme Court that the decision to award grace marks to NEET candidates had been revoked.

“I want to assure the students and their parents that the Govt of India and NTA are committed to providing justice to them. 24 lakh students have successfully taken the NEET examination. There is no paper leak, no proof has been found yet. A court-recommended model was adopted for around 1560 students and a panel of academicians has been formed for the same,” Pradhan said as he spoke to reporters.

#WATCH | On the Supreme Court's hearing on the NEET-UG 2024 exam, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says "I want to assure the students and their parents that the Govt of India and NTA are committed to providing justice to them. 24 lakh students have successfully taken the… pic.twitter.com/pIldTPehEf

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A vacation bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was told by the counsel for the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) that the students, who were given grace marks, will be given the option to take the re-test.

The court said it would not stay the counselling process for admissions.

If the candidates, out of the 1,563, do not wish to take up the retest then their earlier marks, sans the grace marks, will be given for the purposes of the results.

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The results of the re-test will be declared on June 30 and the counselling for admission in the MBBS, BDS, and other courses will start on July 6, the Centre said.

“There is no corruption. In connection with the NEET examination, 24 lakh students appear in the examination. A hearing in the Supreme Court is underway today and this issue is regarding around 1,500 students. Govt is ready to give answers to the Court,” the education minister added.

With inputs from agencies