{
  "id": 1295234,
  "title": "NTA to re-conduct UGC-NET exams for English, Commerce and Sociology after 'multiple errors' in papers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/nta-to-re-conduct-ugc-net-exams-for-english-commerce-and-sociology",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T15:17:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nta-to-re-conduct-ugc-net-exams-for-english-commerce-and-sociology-after-multiple-errors-in-papers-101786893383646.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced it will re-conduct the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) for three papers, after \"multiple errors\" were discovered in exams conducted from June 22 to June 30. UGC-NET is used to evaluate candidates for Assistant Professor positions and admission to PhD programs. This decision represents the second major exam cancellation by the agency in 2026, following the NEET-UG 2026 exam cancellation due to a paper leak that led to nationwide protests. The NTA formed a committee to investigate complaints of errors in the English, Commerce, and Sociology question papers. The committee identified numerous issues, including factual errors, typographical mistakes, translation errors, misspelled scholar names, garbled book titles, improper question wording, grammatical errors, gender and number agreement mistakes, punctuation errors, non-standard coined terms, and repeated questions from previous exams. Based on these findings, the committee recommended re-conducting these three papers to ensure a fair and error-free examination. The English paper will be held on September 9 from 9am to noon, the Commerce paper on September 9 from 3pm to 6pm, and the Sociology paper on September 10 from 9am to noon. The NTA will provide further details regarding the exam location, centers, and admit cards on its official website. No additional examination fee will be charged to candidates for the re-conduct. The UGC-NET exam consists of two papers: Paper I, which contains 50 questions on teaching aptitude, reasoning ability, and general awareness, and Paper II, which includes 100 subject-related multiple-choice questions.",
  "summary": "NTA said that it will re-conduct these UGC-NET exams from September 9 to 10.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}