The NEET-PG entrance examination, which was scheduled to be held on Sunday, June 23, has been postponed, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday.
Referring to the significant controversy surrounding alleged irregularities in NEET-UG and UGC-NET, the government announced its decision to “undertake a thorough assessment of the robustness of processes of NEET-PG, conducted by the National Board of Examination for medical students.”
“It has accordingly been decided, as a precautionary measure, to postpone the NEET-PG scheduled to be held tomorrow (June 23). Fresh date of this examination will be notified at the earliest,” the Health Ministry said, adding it “sincerely regrets the inconvenience caused to students.”
An hour before the announcement of the exam postponement came, the Union government issued an order that said it has replaced the chief of the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the NEET-UG and UGC-NET. Subodh Kumar Singh, who was NTA director general, has been replaced by retired Indian Administration Service (IAS) officer Pradeep Singh Kharola.
Over the last two months, the NTA has been in the middle of a row over alleged irregularities and paper leaks in two of the country’s biggest competitive examinations.
The UGC-NET was recently cancelled just a day after the exam was conducted. Also, the NTA on Friday announced the postponement of the Joint CSIR-UGC-NET, which was scheduled for June 25-27.
