NEET UG 2024: Centre To Implement Expert Panel’s Recommendation On Exam Reforms – News18

Last Updated:January 02, 2025, 20:21 IST

NEET UG 2024: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told the bench the committee has filed its report and the government will be implementing all the recommendations.

The Supreme Court on August 2, 2024, expanded the remit of a seven-member expert panel, headed by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Radhakrishnan, to review the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and recommend exam reforms to make the controversy-ridden NEET-UG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate), transparent and free from malpractices.

The Centre has now confirmed to the top court that it would be implementing all the corrective measures suggested by the panel last year. On Thursday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said the committee has filed its report and the government will be implementing all the recommendations. The bench comprised justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra.

“We are going to implement all the recommendations and it (matter) can be listed after six months,” the law officer said.

“The matter is adjourned for three months. List this special leave petition in the month of April,” the bench said. Besides Radhakrishnan, other members of the expert committee are Randeep Guleria, B J Rao, Ramamurthy K, Pankaj Bansal, Aditya Mittal and Govind Jaiswal.

The bench said the remit of the committee, in addition to the tasks that it has been entrusted with by the Union government and the NTA, shall encompass examination security and administration, data security and technological enhancements. Its responsibilities will also include policy and stakeholder engagement, collaboration and international cooperation, and recommendations for providing mental health support to students and training of NTA staff, it said.

The top court on August 2, last year refused to annul the controversy-ridden NEET-UG of 2024, saying there was no sufficient material on record at present to indicate a systemic leak or malpractice compromising the integrity of the examination.

— with PTI inputs