‘Modi ji, look at what your NTA has done’: Rahul Gandhi after fresh NET ordered for 3 subjects

Rahul
Ga dhi
slams
NTA
ove
UGC-NET
etests

Leade
of
oppositio
i
the
Lok
Sabha

Rahul
Ga dhi
o
Mo day
c iticised
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
ove
the
ca cellatio
of
the
UGC-NET
exami atio s
He
accused
the
gove me t
a d
the
Natio al
Testi g
Age cy
(NTA)
of
faili g
to
e su e
a
fai
a d
eliable
exami atio
p ocess.Rahul
said
the
exami atio s,
held
betwee
Ju e
22
a d
30,
we e
ca celled
ea ly
two
mo ths
afte
they
we e
co ducted.
He
added
that
thousa ds
of
ca didates
who
had
p epa ed
fo
the
exams,
paid
applicatio
fees
a d
t avelled
to
exami atio
ce t es
would
ow
have
to
appea
agai
i
Septembe .”Modi
ji,
look
at
what
you
NTA
has
just
do e.
UGC-NET
exams
fo
Sociology,
E glish
a d
Comme ce
we e
held
betwee
22
a d
30
Ju e.
Nea ly
two
mo ths
late ,
NTA
has
ca celled
all
th ee
because
it
set
faulty
pape s
a d
epeated
old
questio s.
Thousa ds
of
ca didates
who
p epa ed
fo
yea s,
filled
fo ms,
paid
the
fees,
t avelled
to
dista t
ce t es,
must
ow
do
it
all
agai
i
Septembe .
NTA
makes
the
mistake
but
the
stude t
se ves
the
se te ce,”
Rahul
Ga dhi
said
i
a
post
o
X.

Rahul
also
questio ed
whethe
the
questio
pape s
had
bee
leaked
befo e
the
exami atio s
a d
dema ded
accou tability
f om
the
NTA
leade ship.

He
said
the
esig atio
of
fo me
educatio
mi iste
Dha me d a
P adha
should
be
followed
by
actio
agai st
those
espo sible
at
the
testi g
age cy.”I
said
this
i
Kota,
i
Deh adu ,
i
P ayag aj,
a d
I
will
keep
sayi g
it
–
this
is
o
lo ge
a
educatio
system.
It
is
a
ext actio
machi e.
It
takes
you
mo ey,
you
yea s,
you
me tal
health,
a d
you
co fide ce
a d
etu s
othi g.
Not
eve
a
job.
NTA
still
wo ’t
a swe
the
eal
questio
–
we e
these
pape s
leaked
befo e
the
exam?”
Rahul
added.Rahul
fu the
alleged
that
the
NTA
had
ot
take
espo sibility
fo
the
ca cellatio
a d
questio ed
whethe
those
espo sible
would
be
held
accou table.Add essi g
ca didates
who
will
have
to
etake
the
exams
i
Septembe ,
Rahul
said
they
we e
“ ot
the
p oblem”
a d
accused
the
Ce t e
of
c eati g
a
exami atio
system
that
had
failed
stude ts.”Dha me d a
P adha ’s
esig atio
was
the
fi st
step,
ot
the
last.
NTA’s
leade ship
must
be
held
accou table
too.
To
eve y
stude t
sitti g
this
exam
agai
i
Septembe
–
you
a e
ot
the
p oblem.
PM
Modi
built
a
system
that
ca ot
u
a
exam
a d
the
blames
the
stude ts
who
take
it.
You
yea s
a e
bei g
stole
a d
we
will
ot
stop
u til
PM
Modi
a swe s
fo
it,”
Rahul
added.NTA
o
Su day
ack owledged
multiple
e o s
a d
epeated
questio s
i
the
UGC-NET
pape s
fo
E glish,
Comme ce
a d
Sociology,
a d
a ou ced
f esh
exami atio s
fo
all
th ee
subjects
o
Septembe
9
a d
10.The
age cy
said
a
committee
co stituted
afte
eceivi g
“seve al
complai ts”
fou d
“ma y
factual,
typog aphical,
t a slatio
e o s”
i
the
pape s.
These
i cluded
misspelt
ames
of
p omi e t
schola s,
disto ted
book
titles,
i co ectly
wo ded
questio s,
g ammatical
a d
pu ctuatio
e o s,
a d
o -sta da d
te ms
fo
established
co cepts.
The
committee
also
fou d
a
“sig ifica t
umbe ”
of
questio s
that
had
appea ed
i
p evious
exami atio s.

The
NTA
said
the
exte t
of
the
e o s
mea t
the
pape s
did
ot
meet
the
sta da ds
of
a
fai
a d
e o -f ee
exami atio .
It
said
the
issues
could
ot
be
esolved
simply
by
d oppi g
defective
questio s
afte
the
a swe -key
challe ge
p ocess,
maki g
f esh
exami atio s
ecessa y.The
decisio
came
hou s
afte
the
age cy
eleased
p ovisio al
a swe
keys
fo
84
of
the
87
UGC-NET
subjects,
while
withholdi g
the
keys
fo
E glish,
Comme ce
a d
Sociology.
The
Ju e
exami atio s
we e
held
ea ly
seve
weeks
befo e
the
decisio
to
co duct
the
e-tests.

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