NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to form a panel to probe a disputed question in Physics paper with two correct answers.
The court asked the IIT Delhi director to constitute a team of three experts of the subject concern to form an opinion on the correct answer to a question in the exam by Tuesday noon.
Some students had challenged the decision of the exam body National Testing Agency to award marks for two options for the question.
The top court took note of plea that grant or denial of marks for answers to particular question has bearing on final merit list.
During the hearing, the top court was told by a counsel for NEET-UG aspirants that the NTA has admitted to paper leak and the dissemination of the ‘leaked question paper’ through WhatsApp.
Meanwhile, an analysis of results released by NTA on Saturday indicated that the candidates who allegedly benefitted from the paper leak and other irregularities did not do well. Some centres, however, showed high concentration of well-performing students, it revealed.
The voluminous data of over 23 lakh candidates from 4,750 centres was not released in a cumulative format but in a drop-down menu for each centre. The data was released on the direction of the Supreme Court which is hearing several petitions over the alleged irregularities as lakhs of aspirants await a final verdict on the fate of the exam.
The performance of the candidates from the centres under the scanner — such as Oasis School, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, Hardayal Public School, Jhajjar, Haryana, Jay Jalaram International School in Godhra, Gujarat — were comparatively much below par.
On July 18, the bench directed the NTA to declare by 12 noon of July 20 the centre and city-wise results of the controversy-ridden exam while masking the identities of the aspirants.
The court asked the IIT Delhi director to constitute a team of three experts of the subject concern to form an opinion on the correct answer to a question in the exam by Tuesday noon.
Some students had challenged the decision of the exam body National Testing Agency to award marks for two options for the question.
The top court took note of plea that grant or denial of marks for answers to particular question has bearing on final merit list.
During the hearing, the top court was told by a counsel for NEET-UG aspirants that the NTA has admitted to paper leak and the dissemination of the ‘leaked question paper’ through WhatsApp.
Meanwhile, an analysis of results released by NTA on Saturday indicated that the candidates who allegedly benefitted from the paper leak and other irregularities did not do well. Some centres, however, showed high concentration of well-performing students, it revealed.
The voluminous data of over 23 lakh candidates from 4,750 centres was not released in a cumulative format but in a drop-down menu for each centre. The data was released on the direction of the Supreme Court which is hearing several petitions over the alleged irregularities as lakhs of aspirants await a final verdict on the fate of the exam.
The performance of the candidates from the centres under the scanner — such as Oasis School, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, Hardayal Public School, Jhajjar, Haryana, Jay Jalaram International School in Godhra, Gujarat — were comparatively much below par.
On July 18, the bench directed the NTA to declare by 12 noon of July 20 the centre and city-wise results of the controversy-ridden exam while masking the identities of the aspirants.
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