Bengal Education Minister: A fresh scandal in a string of scams involving UGC-NET
The minister of education for West Bengal attacks the center for abandoning UGC-NET because of ethics issues. The Supreme Court is reviewing NEET discrepancies. CBI will investigate. Exam cancelled by ministry due to cyber concerns; transparency guaranteed. The Teachers' Association of Jadavpur University is requesting a new exam date. The National Eligibility Test is administered in record registration mode using pen and paper.
Education Minister for West Bengal, Bratya Basu, stated on Thursday that the cancellation of UGC-NET by the Center was "yet another scandal in a series" of similar instances. "Amid a massive row on the medical entrance exam NEET over alleged irregularities, with the issue now before the Supreme Court, the Centre on June 19 ordered the cancellation of the UGC-NET following inputs that the exam's integrity may have been compromised and handed over the matter to the CBI for an investigation," the minister wrote in X.
"A new fraud on the market inside the scam series! UGC-NET cancellation because the exam integrity was compromised," Basu continued.
The purpose of the UGC-NET exam is to assess an Indian national's eligibility for a junior research grant, an assistant professorship, and admission to a doctorate program in Indian universities and colleges.
He commented, wondering if the central agency could influence the masterminds: "CBI inquiry has been ordered! Can they capture the Head is the question. But Basu did not say to whom he was referring when he used the term "Head."
He had already asked central agencies to look into NEET anomalies, raising concerns about whether the Center would be as vigilant in looking into a West Bengal teaching job "scandal" as it had been in the past.
The previous week, he had told reporters, "We demand justice and transparency in both cases."
The UGC-NET exam was canceled, and the Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA) requested a new date.
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