<p>Kolkata: An association of central university professors on Monday demanded the constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe into the alleged irregularities in the medical entrance test <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/neet">NEET-UG</a>.</p>.<p>The Federation of Central Universities Teachers’ Association (FEDCUTA) also called for immediate scrapping of the National Testing Agency (NTA) that had been tasked with holding the centralized NEET-UG for the past few years.</p>.<p>“We call for establishment of a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the nexus existing between the Ministry of Education, the NTA and the UGC,” the FEDCUTA said in a statement.</p>.NEET-UG case: Supreme Court asks IIT-Delhi to form experts panel to decide on contentious question; hearing to continue on July 23.<p>The results were initially announced on June 5 and were plagued by allegations of irregularities including paper leak. The Supreme Court is now hearing the matter.</p>.<p>The FEDCUTA demanded rise in expenditure in the education budget and rollback of the New Education Policy (NEP 2020) through a Special Session of the Parliament.</p>.NEET-UG physics question stirs new row; DU professor says 'only one correct answer'.<p>“The NEP 2020 that was brought in during Covid without any discussion in the Parliament is being imposed on higher educational institutions without any consultation with teachers and students,” the statement said.</p>.<p>“This imposition of NEP is a direct attack on the ideas of equity, accessibility, affordability, social justice and academic autonomy that have long governed the spirit of higher education in India,” it said. </p>
<p>Kolkata: An association of central university professors on Monday demanded the constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe into the alleged irregularities in the medical entrance test <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/neet">NEET-UG</a>.</p>.<p>The Federation of Central Universities Teachers’ Association (FEDCUTA) also called for immediate scrapping of the National Testing Agency (NTA) that had been tasked with holding the centralized NEET-UG for the past few years.</p>.<p>“We call for establishment of a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the nexus existing between the Ministry of Education, the NTA and the UGC,” the FEDCUTA said in a statement.</p>.NEET-UG case: Supreme Court asks IIT-Delhi to form experts panel to decide on contentious question; hearing to continue on July 23.<p>The results were initially announced on June 5 and were plagued by allegations of irregularities including paper leak. The Supreme Court is now hearing the matter.</p>.<p>The FEDCUTA demanded rise in expenditure in the education budget and rollback of the New Education Policy (NEP 2020) through a Special Session of the Parliament.</p>.NEET-UG physics question stirs new row; DU professor says 'only one correct answer'.<p>“The NEP 2020 that was brought in during Covid without any discussion in the Parliament is being imposed on higher educational institutions without any consultation with teachers and students,” the statement said.</p>.<p>“This imposition of NEP is a direct attack on the ideas of equity, accessibility, affordability, social justice and academic autonomy that have long governed the spirit of higher education in India,” it said. </p>