2024 NEET controversy: After West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, now the Karnataka Assembly has passed a resolution regarding the UGC-NEET examination system.
The resolution states that the NEET examination system seriously affects the medical education opportunities of poor rural students.
The resolution states that the current system deprives state governments of the right to admit students to state medical colleges. Therefore, it should be abolished.
Health Education Minister Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil told reporters, "The southern states including Tamil Nadu and Telangana have lost faith in the central government for a fair examination. This is why we want the central government to abolish the NEET examination system."
The resolution states: "The central government should immediately exempt Karnataka from this examination and give admission to medical colleges on the basis of the marks of the Common Entrance Test conducted by the state in view of the irregularities in the UGC-NEET examination."
2024 NEET controversy
The 2024 NEET controversy was caused by multiple discrepancies during the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET-UG). As one of India's largest exams in terms of applicant numbers, NEET-UG is the sole nationwide test for admission to undergraduate medical programs and is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
On 5 May 2024, NEET-UG faced allegations of question paper leaks. While social media posts claimed the exam questions were leaked, the NTA denied these allegations. In Patna, Bihar, police arrested 13 people, including four examinees, who had allegedly paid Rs 30 to Rs 50 lakh to obtain the question paper beforehand.
In Godhra, Gujarat, a raid at an exam center revealed that a teacher, who was also the deputy superintendent, instructed students not to answer questions they didn’t know, promising to fill in the answers. Five people were arrested, and it was discovered that candidates from multiple states had taken the exam at this center. The cases were handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
However, the Supreme Court has ruled that there will be no re-test for the 2024 NEET-UG exam. The SC said there is no data to suggest a "systemic breach" or that the "sanctity" of the examination, following two localised leaks of the question paper, had been affected.
The court admitted the fact the question paper was leaked is "not in dispute", but said there is no material on record at this time to conclude "the result of the exam was vitiated or (that) there was a systemic breach in the sanctity of the exam".
"Data on record is not indicative of a systemic leak of the question paper, which would lead to the destruction of the sanctity of the exam..." the court said.
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