NEET-UG 2022: English, Hindi papers interchanged at Rajasthan's centre

Students of a NEET UG 2022 centre in Rajasthan alleged that the English and Hindi papers were interchanged and they were made to write exam twice due to the mix-up.

NEET-UG 2022 was conducted on July 17 and over 95% of candidates appeared in the entrance examination, and the maximum number of test-takers appeared for the examination in Jaipur. However, the students who appeared for the exam at a centre in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district on Sunday alleged that they were made to write the exam twice on account of a question paper mix-up.

As per students, the question papers meant for Hindi and English medium students were interchanged mistakenly. Although the National Testing Agency (NTA) official confirmed the mix-up but said that the students were given extra time to complete the paper. However, the exam centre superintendent in a factual report submitted on the incident on Sunday evening recommended a re-test to NTA, as reported by Indian Express.

“It was informed to the control room that some students are facing the issue of the booklets being in English medium and we found out that the students who opted for Hindi medium received the English-medium booklet. The problem was looked into and reported to the city coordinator, who on the directions of the National Testing Agency, tried to solve the problem. Out of 936 students, there were 238 students, who opted Hindi medium for the exam and the rest were for English medium. A majority of the students were affected because of this problem,” says the factual report.

Students, Parents protest in front of exam centre

The students and their parents protested in front of the exam centre at Army Public School in Sriganganagar. “The examination started at 2 pm. Around 4:30pm, after two and half hours after the start of the examination, people from the exam centre came to us and said that we have been mistakenly given the bilingual question paper meant for Hindi medium students and those studying in Hindi medium have received the question paper meant for English medium students,” said Akshita Garg, one of the NEET aspirants.

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