UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: Education Minister reveals why the exam was cancelled

UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: The UGC – NET June 2024 examination was conducted successfully at 1205 Exam Centres in 317 cities across the country for 11,21,225 candidates.

UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: NTA UGC NET re-test exam date will be announced soon. The dates when released can be checked on the official website of UGC NET.

The NTA is expected to soon announce fresh dates holding UGC NET Exam.

Get all updates on the UGC NET controversy on HT Education Portal.

The UGC NET was held for Junior Research Fellowship, appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to PhD degree.

UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: The UGC NET re-exam date will be announced soon by NTA.

UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: A total of 9,08,580 candidates appeared for the test on Tuesday (June 18), which was held for Junior Research Fellowship, appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to PhD degree.

UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: NTA has released NEET re-exam admit card. The admit card is available on the official website of NTA NEET.

UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: A total of 9,08,580 candidates appeared for the test on Tuesday (June 18), which was held for Junior Research Fellowship, appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to PhD degree.

UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: Education Minister said that “specific question paper” for the UGC-NET was leaked on the darknet, which led to cancellation of the examination.

UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: The University Grants Commission (UGC) introduced a few changes to the NET exam this year. For the first time, the June exam was held offline (pen and paper) instead of online (computer-based test). Further, the test for all subjects was held on a single day and single shift instead of multiple shifts spread across days.

UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: Samajwadi Party and Congress slammed the central government over the alleged NEET paper leak issue and UGC-NET exam cancellation calling them a "mega-scam".

UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: The Education Ministry has handed over the investigation part to CBI.

UGC NET 2024 Cancellation Live: A total of 9,08,580 candidates appeared for the test on Tuesday (June 18), which was held for Junior Research Fellowship, appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to PhD degree.

UGC NET June 2024 Cancelled Live: While speaking to ANI, Education Minister said, “The government has decided to form a committee and experts will be part of that committee. All the important things will be reconsidered and the NTA will be strengthened further. Those who are responsible for it (discrepancies) will be held accountable.”

A day after the cancellation of the UGC NET examination and amid the ongoing controversy around the NEET UG exam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that the Prime Minister was incapable or unwilling to stop the paper leaks.

“The reason for the paper leak is that the education system has been captured by the BJP and its parent organisation,” he said. Read more

UGC NET June 2024 Cancelled Live: Stay updated with the latest information on the Education Portal of HT

UGC NET June 2024 Cancelled Live: In the last few years, leaks of question papers and organised cheating had affected the interests of lakhs of students due to the cancellation of tests and examinations, said Union minister Jitendra Singh, elaborating on the need and significance of the bill.

UGC NET June 2024 Cancelled Live: The Punishments under Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 proposes that unfair means be punishable by imprisonment for three to five years with a fine of up to ₹10 lakh.

In case a person, group or persons commits an organised crime of this nature which includes the examination authority, service providers or any other institutions, they will be punished with imprisonment of five to 10 years with a minimum fine of ₹1 crore. 

The law empowers agencies to attach and forfeit the properties of institutions involved in committing organised crime for the proportionate recovery of the cost of examination.

The law also states that an officer of the rank of deputy superintendent of police or assistant commissioner of police will be responsible for investigating any complaints under the Act.

UGC NET June 2024 Cancelled Live: In February, President Droupadi Murmu cleared the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, which became a law.

The Centre brought the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 to curb leaks, malpractices as well as organised malpractices in recruitment examinations like UPSC, SSC, etc. and entrance tests such as NEET, JEE, and CUET. Read here

A total of 9,08,580 candidates appeared for the exam held on June 18, 2024.

The UGC NET 2024 was held for for Junior Research Fellowship, appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to PhD degree.

UGC NET June 2024 Cancelled Live: Get the latest updates on the Education Portal of HT

UGC NET June 2024 Cancelled Live: Education Ministry Joint Secretary Govind Jaiswal said the details of the inputs cannot be shared as the matter has been referred to the CBI and is currently under investigation.