Following the cancellation of the UGC NET June 2024 examination, student organizations have voiced strong criticism of the decision.
Amid a raging row over the medical entrance exam NEET, the Union education ministry on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the University Grants Commission – National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) following inputs that the exam’s integrity may have been compromised. A fresh examination will be conducted, for which information will be shared separately. Simultaneously, the matter is being handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for thorough investigation.
‘Scrap NTA’, ‘Dharmendra Pradhan Must Resign’: Students Organisations Protest UGC NET Exam Cancellation
Meanwhile, following the cancellation of the UGC NET June 2024 examination, student organizations have criticized the move. They have announced plans for protests, calling for the dissolution of the agency and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The Ministry of Education decided to cancel the test held on June 18 due to information received regarding cybercrime.
Sharing a post on Instagram, Students’ Federation of India (SFI) wrote, “SFI vehemently condemns the atmost irresponsibility of NTA And Ministry of education in conducting national examinations. They’ve being doing a mockery of the entire education system since the inception of NTA.”
“Cancellation of the NET exam will also jeopardise the chances PhD admission of a large number of students this year. The universities should be directed to conduct separate examinations without NET being a criterion to the PhD positions. The NTA’s capacity to guarantee impartial and secure examinations is seriously compromised by these repeated failures. The SFI Central Executive committee condemns the NTA’s mismanagement, which not only ruins the precious time, resources and energy that students have invested in preparation but also creates immense uncertainty and anxiety. This is a flagrant disregard for the aspirations of thousands of aspiring scholars who aspired to pursue careers in research and instruction,” the post further reads.
Meanwhile, Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union (JNUSU) announced a protest demo at 2:00 PM today, June 20.”UGC NET Exam has been cancelled! Corruption in NEET-UG just a few days back! From NEET to UGC-NET NTA has proved its incompetency! No to NTA Scrap NTA Close down NTA Join Protest Demo Ministry of Education Shastri Bhawan 20 June 2024 | 02 PM JNUSU,” reads the post.
UGC NET Exam has been cancelled!
Corruption in NEET-UG just a few days back!From NEET to UGC-NET
NTA has proved its incompetency!No to NTA
Scrap NTA
Close down NTAJoin Protest Demo
Ministry of Education
Shastri Bhawan
20 June 2024 | 02 PMJNUSU pic.twitter.com/ubwIphqC1s
— JNUSU Official (@jnusu_official) June 19, 2024
“To stop the cases of paper leaks, it is important to introduce strict laws. It is also important to properly implement those laws,” says ABVP national media convener Ashutosh Singh on NTA cancelling UGC-NET, PTI reported.
“On 19th June, 2024, the University Grants Commission (UGC) received certain inputs from National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs on the Examination. These inputs prima-facie indicate that the integrity of the aforesaid examination may have been compromised,” reads the press release.
“To ensure the highest level of transparency and sanctity of the examination process, the Ministry of Education, Government of India has decided that the UGC-NET June 2024 Examination be cancelled. A fresh examination shall be conducted, for which information shall be shared separately. Simultaneously, the matter is being handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) for thorough investigation in the matter,” the press release added.