Another Test Hit by Leak Claims: Govt Asks NTA to Postpone CSIR-UGC NET for 2 Lakh Science Graduates, Set New Question Paper
Ritika Chopra | 21 June 2024 | The Indian Express
Less than 48 hours after cancelling the UGC-NET, the Ministry of Education Friday asked the National Testing Agency (NTA) to postpone the CSIR-UGC NET exam, scheduled to be held from June 25 to 27, “as a matter of abundant precaution” in light of inputs and claims that this exam, too, may have been leaked on the dark web.
The decision was taken after a series of marathon meetings by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, which were also attended by UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar and Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, The Indian Express has learned. This came the same day the Department of Personnel and Training notified the Centre’s new anti-paper leak law, Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act 2024 that was passed in Parliament in February…