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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday that the National Board of Examinations (NBE) will announce the new date for this year’s National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, Postgraduate (NEET PG) by “Monday or Tuesday”.
Pradhan made the statement on Saturday in Haryana’s Panchkula ahead of an event where Union Home Minister Amit Shah was to address the BJP executive meeting of party workers.
The NBE had postponed the NEET PG on June 22, a few hours before the exam was scheduled to be held on June 23. “To my knowledge, NBE will soon be announcing the date of the NEET PG exam by Monday or Tuesday…,” Pradhan said.
Interacting with the media before Shah’s visit, Pradhan, who is facing heat from the Opposition over the alleged irregularities and leaks in the NEET-UG and the subsequent cancellation or postponement of other major exams, said that “though he was not justifying it, such discrepancies used to take place before 2014 as well”.
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“The President herself spoke about the exam…Yes, there are some challenges and we have to look into that and eradicate all the problems and the government is ready for a discussion on that. The Congress wants to run away from a discussion and wants to politicise the issue. Their only intent is to create chaos, confusion and create obstacles in the way of smooth functioning,” Pradhan said.
“Ye avsar nahi hai rajnitik rotiyan sekhne ka… (This is not the time to play politics),” Pradhan said, referring to the Congress.
Pradhan said that the Centre has taken several steps like changing the leadership at the National Testing Agency (NTA), setting up a high-powered committee under former ISRO chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan to address issues with the NTA, and introducing a new law to tackle with “public examination disruption”. The government, Pradhan added, is concerned about students’ anxiety and will be doing its best to address the same.
