‘They ate away two months of our time’: UGC-NET retest disrupts aspirants’ plans
The frustration of UGC-NET aspirants intensified after glaring errors in the June examination papers forced the National Testing Agency (NTA) to re-conduct the tests in September. Names and titles of prominent scholars were misspelled, including Govind Sadashiv Ghurye as “Ghunye” and A R Desai as “A K Desai”. The errors, coupled with repeated questions from earlier exams, led the NTA to deem the tests unfair.
Several candidates, like Muneer Ahmad Kumar from Jammu & Kashmir and Utkarsh Kalia from Himachal Pradesh, expressed the retest as a setback, potentially altering their academic and career plans. Rajni Panda, a 24-year-old aspirant, highlighted logistical challenges due to the two-month delay, such as changing examination centers and travel expenses.
The NTA’s slow response to the errors has left many questioning the authority's competence, with critics questioning the lack of thorough proofreading of the question papers.
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