NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday postponed the Joint CSIR-UGC-NET examination of June 2024, which was originally slated to take place from June 25 to 27.
NTA gave reasons of ‘unavoidable circumstances and logistic issues.’ The new dates for this examination will be announced later on the official NTA website.
This comes after public outrcy over National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET) and University Grant Commission (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET) cancelled exams.
NEET, the medical entrance examination, was conducted by the NTA on May 5 with around 24 lakh candidates taking part. The results were announced on June 4, but they were followed by allegations of question paper leaks in states such as Bihar and other irregularities.
Meanwhile, the UGC-NET was cancelled two days ago after inputs from the national anti-cyber-crime agency that the exam had been compromised.
