Underlining that addressing the concerns of students and parents is top priority of the government, the people said National Testing Agency (NTA) will be reformed, which has become necessary following allegations of irregularities, before the next NEET-UG exam.
Senior government functionaries in the central government said that the role of coaching centres also needs to be examined in creating panic among students.
They further said that a central advisory on coaching centres, issued in January this year, hasn’t been properly followed and a follow up action will be taken.
After 52% of 1,563 candidates, who were awarded grace marks in NEET-UG, appeared in a retest, top officials said that the government is not satisfied with methodology used for giving grace marks to students.
