NTA admits errors, orders fresh NET for 3 subjects

NEW
DELHI:
Natio al
Testi g
Age cy
(NTA)
o
Su day
ack owledged
that
the
UGC-NET
pape s
i
E glish,
Comme ce
a d
Sociology
had
multiple
e o s
a d
epeated
questio s,
a d
said
the
defects
we e
too
exte sive
to
be
add essed
simply
by
d oppi g
questio s
afte
the
a swe -key
challe ge
p ocess.
It
has
o de ed
f esh
exami atio s
fo
all
th ee
subjects.The
e-tests
will
be
held
o
Septembe
9
a d
10.
E glish
will
be
co ducted
f om
9am
to
oo
o
Septembe
9,
Comme ce
f om
3pm
to
6pm
the
same
day,
a d
Sociology
f om
9am
to
oo
o
Septembe
10.
No
additio al
exami atio
fee
will
be
cha ged.The
decisio
came
hou s
afte
NTA
eleased
p ovisio al
a swe
keys
fo
84
of
the
87
UGC-NET
subjects
but
withheld
the
keys
fo
these
th ee
pape s,
ea ly
seve
weeks
afte
the
Ju e
exami atio .NTA
said
a
committee
set
up
afte
eceivi g
“seve al
complai ts”
fou d
“ma y
factual,
typog aphical,
t a slatio
e o s”,
i cludi g
misspelt
ames
of
p omi e t
schola s,
ga bled
book
titles,
w o gly
wo ded
questio s,
g ammatical
a d
pu ctuatio
mistakes
a d
o -sta da d
te ms
used
fo
established
co cepts.
The
committee
also
fou d
epetitio
of
a
“sig ifica t
umbe ”
of
questio s
p eviously
asked.The
age cy
said
pape s
ca yi g
defects
of
this
exte t
did
ot
meet
the
sta da ds
of
a
fai
a d
e o -f ee
exami atio
a d
that
the
p oblems
could
ot
be
co ected
me ely
by
d oppi g
questio s
afte
challe ges
we e
eceived.

TOI
had
o
July
1
epo ted
complai ts
ove
the
Sociology
a d
E glish
pape s.
Sociology
ca didates
alleged
that
the
Ju e
30
pape
co tai ed
spelli g
a d
g ammatical
e o s,
ma gled
ames
of
well-k ow
thi ke s,
poo
Hi di
t a slatio s
a d
questio s
appa e tly
u elated
to
the
p esc ibed
syllabus.
Some
also
alleged
that
pa ts
of
the
pape
appea ed
AI-ge e ated.Ca didates
had
poi ted
out
that
“Ritze ”
appea ed
as
“Putze ”,
“Pa so s”
as
“Pa sow”,
“Ghu ye”
as
“Ghu ye”
a d
A
R
Desai
as
“A
K
Desai”,
amo g
seve al
othe
e o s.The
E glish
pape
had
also
come
u de
sc uti y
afte
ca didates
alleged
that
67
of
its
150
questio s
we e
ide tical
to
questio s
asked
i
the
2024
exami atio ,
with
eve
the
seque ce
of
a swe
optio s
epo tedly
u cha ged.
Complai ts
ove
epetitio
we e
subseque tly
aised
i
Comme ce
as
well.

The
episode
comes
two
yea s
afte
the
Ju e
2024
UGC-NET
was
ca celled
a
day
afte
it
was
held
followi g
i puts
eceived
by
UGC
f om
the
Natio al
Cybe
C ime
Th eat
A alytics
U it
u de
the
home
mi ist y
i dicati g
that
the
i teg ity
of
the
exami atio
may
have
bee
comp omised.
The
test
was
subseque tly
co ducted
af esh.The
cu e t
e-exami atio
will,
howeve ,
ot
hold
up
esults
i
the
othe
84
subjects.
NTA
said
thei
esults
would
be
decla ed
as
scheduled
a d
JRF
allocatio
a d
ce tificates
fo
Assista t
P ofesso
a d
PhD
eligibility
would
ot
be
delayed.Fo
assista t
p ofesso
eligibility,
NTA
said
the
umbe
qualifyi g
would
be
6%
of
ca didates
who
appea ed
i
the
Ju e
test
o
the
e-test,
whicheve
is
highe .