NEET UG 2024: Centre To Implement Expert Panel's Recommendation On Exam Reforms
NEET UG 2024: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told the bench the committee has filed its report and the government will be implementing all the recommendations.
The Supreme Court on August 2, 2024, expanded the remit of a seven-member expert panel, headed by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Radhakrishnan, to review the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and recommend exam reforms to make the controversy-ridden NEET-UG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate), transparent and free from malpractices.
The Centre has now confirmed to the top court that it would be implementing all the corrective measures suggested by the panel last year. On Thursday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said the committee has filed its report and the government will be implementing all the recommendations. The bench comprised justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra.
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“We are going to implement all the recommendations and it (matter) can be listed after six months," the law officer said.
“The matter is adjourned for three months. List this special leave petition in the month of April," the bench said. Besides Radhakrishnan, other members of the expert committee are Randeep Guleria, B J Rao, Ramamurthy K, Pankaj Bansal, Aditya Mittal and Govind Jaiswal.
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The bench further stated that the expert panel’s responsibilities also include policy and stakeholder engagement, collaboration and international cooperation, and recommendations for providing mental health support to students and training NTA staff.
While expanding the scope of the expert panel during the paper leak hearing last year, the top court had flagged multiple lapses on the part of NTA like the security breach at an examination centre in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh where the rear door of the strongroom was opened and unauthorised people were permitted to access question papers, transportation of question papers by e-rickshaws and distribution of the wrong set of question papers among the candidates.
However, SC had refused to annul the NEET-UG of 2024, saying there was no sufficient material on record at present to indicate a systemic leak or malpractice compromising the integrity of the examination.
— with PTI inputs
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