The National Testing Agency, NTA, got three UGC-NET papers wrong. Now, the agency will conduct re-exams, but who pays for the mistake? NTA on Sunday announced fresh exams for English, Commerce and Sociology after an expert panel found serious errors in the papers. Candidates will not be charged again.
Gen Z whistleblower Sarthak Sidhant, a Class 12 student who brought alleged irregularities in CBSE’s On-Screen Marking system and tender process into the spotlight, has now raised two questions: What does a re-exam cost NTA, and ultimately the government, as in the case of re-NEET? And how much taxpayer money is being spent when the agency gets an exam wrong?
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The re-exam comes as NTA released provisional answer keys for 84 of 87 UGC-NET subjects. The keys for English, Commerce and Sociology were withheld amid complaints over errors in the papers.
Candidates had flagged spelling and grammatical mistakes, poor translations, unclear wording, incorrect names and terminology, questions allegedly beyond the syllabus and repeated questions. A review committee later identified factual, typing, translation, grammar and punctuation errors, among other problems.
With the problems considered too widespread to be fixed simply by dropping individual questions, NTA opted for a complete re-examination of the three papers.
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