An important hearing will be held in the Supreme Court today in the NEET UG case. Therefore, the fate of students across the country is likely to be decided today. Everyone’s attention has turned to whether the NEET UG 2024 exam will be canceled and the exam will be held again. The Supreme Court is likely to give a decision on this today. Meanwhile, an affidavit has been submitted in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Centre, NTA and CBI. In this affidavit, the government has recorded many important matters.
The petition filed by the students in the Supreme Court has demanded a re-examination and proper investigation into the alleged paper leak case. Chief Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, Justice J. B. Pardiwala, a bench headed by Justice Manoj Mishra is hearing the petitions related to irregularities in the medical entrance examination. The Center and the NTA have informed the court that there were no large-scale irregularities in the examination held on May 5. On Thursday, the CBI filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court. Earlier on Wednesday, the central government and NTA had also filed an affidavit.
What did the center say in the affidavit?
IIT Madras has been requested to investigate the people involved in these irregularities through data analysis. Data analysis of those with higher scores did not reveal major irregularities. Because as soon as the graph goes up, it goes down. It has been decided to conduct NEET counseling in the third week of July as a precautionary measure along with the examination. Counseling will be done in four stages, so that any student taking advantage of any kind will be identified and investigated in these four stages. Central government is not in favor of re-examination of NEET. Because, the center has informed the court in its affidavit that the burden of re-examination will fall on 23 lakh candidates.
What causes the inflation of scores?
The Center has also told the Supreme Court that there was no malpractice or any irregularity in the NEET examination. According to an IIT Madras study, there has been an overall increase in marks scored by students. Especially between 550 and 720 points is the increase. This increase in scores has been observed in almost all cities and centres. This is because of 25 percent reduction in curriculum.
