Union Minister and BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan
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'It is really sad that organistations like NTA are not able to conduct exams properly,' says Rajnish Rana a student from Delhi
The Ministry of Education (MoE) announced late on Wednesday night the cancellation of UGC-NET exam a day after it was conducted. They said it was cancelled on the “basis of inputs from Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)”
In the light of the event, many students have taken to social media to express their despair regarding the current situation.
In an interview with PTI, a student named Rajnish Rana, hailing from Delhi laments over the cancellation of the exam and questions National Testing Agency over their ability to conduct such examinations.
The UGC-NET exam helps in finding an entry-level teaching job in Indian universities and also helps in gaining admissions to PhD programmes.
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"On June 19, some inputs were received from 14C. Keeping those inputs as Prima facie, the ministry felt the exam was compromised.
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