New Delhi: According to the official source the mock drills are conducted at all NEET-UG centres on Saturday to ensure smooth conduct of the nationwide medical exam. The main exam is scheduled for May 4 at 5,453 centre in over 500 cities across the country.
Over 22.7 lakh candidates has registered for NEET-UG this year. The Ministry of Education (MoE) source said- “There will be three layers of monitoring on the exam day- at the District State and Centre Levels”.
Most of the centres are located in government-aides schools, colleges, universities, and the institutions this year.
The mock drills are conducted in all the centres to ensure smooth and secure conduct of the exam. These drills help improve readiness in terms of the functionality of the mobile signal jammers, availability of adequate manpower for invigilation, and biometric authentication procedures,” the source said.
The ministry said “any candidate found indulging in unfair means- before, during, or after the examination, will be booked under Unfair Means (UFM) and penalised accordingly”. The person said, “The penalties include debarment of up to three years from appearing in NTA exams (based on severity) and criminal and/or legal action under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024”.
The strict measures come a year after suspected irregularities including the paper leak were identified in NEET which put the integrity of the exam under scrutiny.
