Neet Jee Twice A Year
DMK blames NTA over NEET, slams BJP-led govt for being 'spectator'
Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK on Saturday accused the National Testing Agency of spoiling the sanctity of NEET and blamed the BJP-led government at the Centre for being a 'spectator' and backing coaching centres that earned in crores. Yet again, the DMK sought scrapping the national test, saying it alone would protect the sanctity of education sector. Referring to the Centre telling the Supreme Court days ago that the grace marks of 1,563 students would be cancelled, DMK's Tamil mouthpiece 'Murasoli' said the BJP government would not have done this if the matter had not been taken to the apex court. Over the years, several irregularities have been happening in NEET and the BJP government did not take note of it, the daily in an editorial on June 15 alleged. The irregularities and scams that happened in 'secret' so far in the conduct of NEET was held in 'open' this year. Only to hide this, the test result that was scheduled to be released on June 14 was advanced to June 4, when the result
 "DMK blames NTA over NEET, slams BJP-led govt for being 'spectator'")
Gujarati was included in JEE exam as no other state showed interest: NTA
Maharashtra too had opted for admitting engineering candidates in the state colleges through JEE (Main) and requested to provide the question papers in Marathi and Urdu
 "Gujarati was included in JEE exam as no other state showed interest: NTA")
Online NEET-UG unlikely in 2019; HRD Ministry to maintain status quo
The Health Ministry sent a letter to the MHRD within three days saying the announcement was made "without formal consultation" with them
 "Online NEET-UG unlikely in 2019; HRD Ministry to maintain status quo")
NEET, JEE may be conducted twice a year
Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Upendra Kushwaha said in Parliament
 "NEET, JEE may be conducted twice a year")
