After repeated technical glitches in entrance exams including NEET, JEE, CUET among others, students have launched a joint protest against the exam conducting body. National Testing Agency (NTA.)A large section of students have marched towards Jantar Mantar in Delhi, while others are extending support online by tweeting with the hashtag #ChaloJantarMantar.
Not only students but education activists have also joined the protest and are demanding a re-test or additional effort. Whereas NEET aspirants are demanding another NEET exam citing irregularities in the exam and rigging in NEET paper. JEE students want third attempt for all. Those appearing for CUET 2022 have also asked for re-test citing last minute change of center and other disturbances during the exam.
#JEEMainsThirdAttemptForAll walk today everyone #Chalo Jantar Mantar4G_neet_cute
Suba aajana at 10 o’clock 🙏 @erPawanBhadana pic.twitter.com/vIyUnzH1Qk— Ansh Choudhary (@sharifL99464191) 17 August 2022
While medical students want NTA to conduct re-examination for medical entrance exam to improve their scores, engineering aspirants are demanding a third attempt for JEE Main, claiming that technical problems have left many candidates. obstructed the examination. Some exam centers faced technical glitches and students alleged that many questions were not displayed properly on the screen for JEE Mains. The students also claimed that the exam was not conducted in the second shift at some centres.
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Whereas, many CUET candidates left their exam at the last minute due to center change and technical issues. NTA has already rescheduled the examinations for many students.
Media, teachers, all our supporters have come.. and some students have come and more are coming, we have to show our unity to the corrupt system.#NTAJawabDo#Chalo Jantar Mantar#JEEMainsThirdAttemptForAll#JEEAspirantsFutureMatters@EduMinOfIndia @dpradhanbjp pic.twitter.com/MSypdNxrfg
— ARYAN SINGH (@ARYAN_SINGH04) 17 August 2022
As a result, students are demanding that NTA make an extra effort this year for all the three exams. Technical and administrative glitches created a lot of problems for the candidates.
Students are sharing pictures and videos of protests on social media.
If you keep quiet about what happened in JEE (Mains) today, remember it will be repeated for many years to come.
Raise your voice against injustice.#JEEMainsThirdAttemptForAll #Chalo Jantar Mantar #NEETUGSecondAttempt #CUET pic.twitter.com/8Zw31cb5CQ
– all India Students Union (AISU) (@Official_AISU) 17 August 2022
According to digital flyers being circulated on social media, Pawan Bhadana, a student activist, is leading the symbolic protest along with the All India Students Union (AISU). Students, parents and teachers participated in the movement. A link to a Google form was circulated on Twitter asking students if they were willing to participate in the protest.
We want justice #NTASCAM #JEEMainsThirdAttemptForAll #JEEMain2022 #CUETUG2022 #neet2022 @swami39 @myogioffice @Narendra Modi @DG_NTA pic.twitter.com/NzXAMer6G9
— Aditi Singh (@AditiSi32881923) 16 August 2022
NEET UG 2022 candidates also faced issues like the incident where a large section of female students were asked to remove their bras before taking the exam. National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2022 and a mixture of English and Hindi paper at one center in Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced a proposal Merge JEE, NEET with CUET.
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