NEET 2022: NTA to Conduct Retest on September 4 for Affected Candidates at 6 Centres

NTA will conduct a retest for NEET 2022 affected candidates on September 4. These candidates include the female candidates from Kerala’s Kollam centre and the Hindi medium candidates who received English question papers. Know the details here. 

NTA has announced a retest for NEET 2022 on September 4 for candidates affected by either mishandling during the frisking process or receiving the question paper in a different language. NTA has stated in an official circular that based on the factual report by the concerned examination functionaries, six separate incidents were identified where affected candidates should get another chance to appear for NEET 2022.

In the NEET 2022 exam centre of Kollam, Kerala, female candidates were frisked inappropriately and were forced to remove their innerwear owing to the presence of metal hooks on them. This created mental stress and trauma for them and some of the parents filed a police complaint against the exam centre officials. Seven people, including the women who frisked the girls and the NEET coordinator, were arrested in the incident.

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Apart from the above-mentioned incident in Kollam, four other centres have been reported of causing mismanagement in terms of question paper distribution. Candidates opting for the Hindi medium were given English question paper and the mistake was rectified much later when more than half of the exam duration was over.

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These centres were located in Sri Ganganagar and Nagaur in Rajasthan, Hoshangabad and Bhind in Madhya Pradesh and Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh. NTA said, “As per the recommendation of the Committee and approval of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, re-examination may be conducted for the affected candidates.”

NEET 2022 was conducted on July 17 in 3,570 centres located in 497 cities across India and 14 international cities. Over 18 lakh candidates appeared for the test. The NEET 2022 answer keys and OMR sheets will be released on August 30 and the NEET 2022 result will be declared on September 7.

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