9-Apr-2020: As advised by Union HRD Minister, National Testing Agency extends scope for correction in the choice of centre cities in the online application form for JEE (Main) 2020

In the wake of current COVID-19 situation and in view of the hardships faced by the aspirants of JEE (Main) 2020 Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank advised National Testing Agency to further expand the scope of making corrections in application forms allowing students to include the choice of cities for centres. Accordingly, in continuation of PUBLIC NOTICE dated 01.04.2020 issued by the National Testing Agency regarding correction facility in the Online Application Form for JEE (Main) 2020, today NTA further expanded the scope of making corrections in the Application Forms to now also include the choice of cities for centre.

The NTA will make efforts to allot city of examination to the candidates in order of the choices now opted by them in their Application Form, subject to the availability of capacity in the desired city. However, due to administrative reasons, a different city may be allotted and the decision of the NTA regarding allotment of Centre shall be final.

It is brought to the notice of all  the candidates of JEE (Main) -2020 that the facility for correction in the particulars including choice of cities for centre in the Online Application Form is operational now on the website https://jeemain.nta.nic and the same will be available upto  14/04/2020*. The candidates are advised to visit the website and verify their particulars and make necessary corrections wherever required.

Corrections in the particulars in the Online Application Forms shall be accepted upto 05.00 PM and submission of fee upto 11.50 PM

The requisite (additional) fee, if applicable, can be paid through Credit/Debit Card/ Net Banking/UPI and PAYTM.

In case, additional fee payment is required depending on the changes made in the form, the final updates will be reflected after the payment.

The candidates are requested to undertake the correction(s) very carefully as no further chance of correction will be provided.

The candidates and their parents are advised to keep visiting jeemain.nta.nic.in and www.nta.ac.in for latest updates. The candidates can also contact at 8287471852,8178359845,9650173668,9599676953,8882356803 for any further clarification.

5-Jun-2019: National Testing Agency declares result of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) – 2019

The National Testing Agency has declared result of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) – 2019.

The NTA conducted National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (UG) – 2019 throughout the country on 05 May, 2019 and on 20 May, 2019 for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses in India in Medical/Dental Colleges run with the approval of Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India except for the institutions established through an Act of Parliament e.g. AIIMS and JIPMER Puducherry.

Category of seats to be filled through NEET (UG)-2019

• All India Quota Seats
• State Government Quota Seats
• State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical/ Dental Colleges or any Private/ Deemed University
• Central Pool Quota Seats

The category of candidates appeared in NEET-UG, 2019

• Indian Nationals
• Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)
• Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs)
• Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) &
• Foreign Nationals

An All India merit list has been prepared in percentile determined on the basis of highest marks secured in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to MBBS/BDS courses as per Para V (II), Chapter II of Graduate Medical Education Regulations issued under Medical Council of India Act & Dental Council of India Act.

Information regarding 15% All India Quota Seats: The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Government of India will conduct the Counselling for 15% All India Quota Seats, Deemed Universities, Central Universities, Seats of ESIC and AFMC, BHU & AMU. Candidates may visit website www.mcc.nic.in for further information. Candidates will apply for 15% All India Quota seats as per the directions of DGHS and Counselling will be stopped once the seats are exhausted.

The details and schedule of counselling would be available on the websites of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education Directorates of States.

Information regarding State Quota Seats: For State quota and other seats falling under the ambit of States, candidates may apply to their domicile states and merit list as per State rules and based on All India Rank will be prepared by concerned Counselling Authorities. The counselling for Private Medical Colleges will also be conducted by the concerned State Counselling Authority.

Candidates are advised to be in touch with the respective Counselling Authorities and Institutions concerned for further details.

The responsibility of NTA is to conduct the examination and declare the result based on eligibility criteria provided by MCI. Candidates submitted their category as per National Category List and based on the same the result has been declared. NTA has provided All India Rank to the candidates and the admitting Authorities will draw merit list based on All India Rank for the seats of MBBS/BDS falling under their jurisdiction. When candidates apply to their State, they will mention their category as per Stare Category List. State Counselling Authorities will accordingly make their Merit List. The same is the case with the domicile. The NTA has no role in it and no change in any data will be made by the NTA.

The NEET (UG) is one of the most sensitive examinations, this year, NTA made elaborate arrangements at various levels and took help from State Authorities for smooth conduct of examination.

To make the candidates and their parents aware about the rules and regulations of the examination, candidates were sent various messages (SMS) on their registered mobile. SMS was also sent to all the candidates to download “Important Advisory for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG 2019” on 3rdMay 2019.

NTA has adopted a transparent system wherein the scanned copy of OMR’s of all the candidates, their responses, Answer Key and Booklet Code was hosted on website in the candidate’s login accounts. Candidates were allowed to make challenges. Challenges received by NTA were duly addressed before preparation of result.

The Result of NEET-UG, 2019 has been declared on the basis of the qualifying criteria prescribed by the Medical Council of India and Dental Council of India and also based on the information submitted by the candidates in their online application forms.

The qualified candidates may please note that they have to further complete the formalities with the respective Counselling Authorities viz DGHS, Medical Education Directorates of States, etc. for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses.

The details and schedule of counselling would be available on the websites of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education Directorates of States as applicable. The details of Medical Education Directorate of States are given in Appendix-IV of the Information Bulletin available on NEET website. The counselling would be conducted by the respective Counselling Authorities subject to prevailing rules and norms for admission in Medical Colleges/Dental Colleges under their ambit. Candidates are advised to be in touch with the respective Counselling Authorities and Institutions concerned for further details.

4-Feb-2019: National Testing Agency launched Mobile App through which students can practice mock tests

National Testing Agency (NTA) has launched a ‘mobile app’ through which students can practice or take mock tests on their own computers or smart phones.  In order to ensure that no student is disadvantaged due to lack of resources, NTA has established a network of more than 4000 Test Practice Centres (TPCs) to acquaint the aspirants, especially those from rural areas with Computer Based Tests (CBTs). Students across the country can register themselves online at NTA Website or ‘NTA Students App’ for visiting the TPCs.  All these services are provided to the students free of cost.  So far, more than one lakh students have registered at these TPCs and more than one crore students have benefited from these ‘App & Web’ services. 

27-Jan-2019: National Testing Agency will conduct CMAT and GPAT exams

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is conducting the Common Management Admission Test(CMAT) on 28th January, 2019(09:30a.m.-12:30p.m.) for 64,582 registered candidates at 183 centres in 84 cities of 24 States/UTs. 403 candidates are registered for the examination at 2 centres in 2 cities in North Eastern States and 1197 candidates at 14 centres in 3 cities in Jammu & Kashmir.

Gender/Category wise distribution of Candidates Registered for CMAT-2019

	General	OBC	SC	ST	Total
Male	24768	7434	1846	537	34585
Female	22736	5474	1312	475	29997
Total	47504	12908	3158	1012	64582

In view of the request received from the Local Administration due to inclement weather, CMAT-2019 is also being conducted on 29.01.2019 for 187 candidates belonging to Kashmir Region at Srinagar( who were earlier allotted centres in Jammu).

The NTA is also conducting Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) on -28th January, 2019(02:30p.m-05:30p.m) for 42827 registered candidates at 128 centres in 84 cities of 24 States/UTs. 377candidates are registered for the examination at 2 centres in 2 cities in North Eastern States. 139 candidates at 2 centres in 2 cities in Jammu & Kashmir.      

 Gender/Category wise distribution of Candidates Registered for GPAT-2019

	General	OBC	SC	ST	Total
Male	8371	7455	2448	597	18871
Female	11360	9248	2689	658	23955
Transgender	---	1	---	--	1
Total	19731	16704	5137	1255	42827

Both the Examinations are being conducted completely on Computer Based Test (CBT) Mode . 

All the preparations for the exam have been completed:

1. A Control Room has been opened at NTA HQ and 24 State Coordinators, 99 City Coordinators and 265 Observers have been position
2. A third party audit of the examination centres has been completed.
3. Live CCTV- as done for UGC-NET December 2018 Examination and JEE(Main) Jan2019 Examination, CCTV Surveillance is being done in the examination centres to curb malpractices in the examinations. The NTA is also making arrangements for live viewing of remote locations and recording CCTVs Systems of all examination centres at Control Room situated at the NTA HQ.
4. Jammers: In order to stop cheating using mobile networks, Jammers have been installed in all the Centres. A total of about 3,580 jammers (1342 for each exam) have been put in place.

While assuring the candidates of the highest professional conduct of the exam, NTA requests cooperation of all the stakeholders for an orderly conduct of the exams.

30-Jul-2018: Government has created National Testing Agency to conduct entrance examinations for higher education in a scientific manner

The Government has created National Testing Agency (NTA) as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for higher education, which were being conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The objective is to have a specialized and dedicated body for conducting these high-stake entrance examinations and at the same time, relieve CBSE of this responsibility to enable it to fulfil its core mandate. The Government has mandated NTA to conduct the examination in a scientific manner involving experts. All the examinations of NTA were mandated to be conducted twice a year for the benefit of students.

Based on the request of the stakeholders, Ministries/Departments/Agencies, the UGC-NET, JEE(Main), NEET-UG, C-MAT and C-PAT examinations have been entrusted to NTA.  NTA has notified the examination schedule for the year 2019 on its website https://ntaexams.co.in. NTA proposes to conduct the tests twice a year in order to give the students adequate opportunity to bring out their best as well as to remove the possibility of human error in evaluation.

The Minister also informed the house that as per rules and regulations of the NTA, the General Body, which decides policy matters, comprises of 17 members who are educationists of repute and nominees of the Government both from the Centre and the State. In addition, the General Body will have Testing experts, representative of Higher Educational Institutions, School Education Boards and officials of the NTA. The objectives of the NTA, inter-alia, are conducting efficient, transparent tests designed in a scientific manner for assessing competence of students. It will train subject matter experts and prepare test items in collaboration with psychometricians to ensure that the tests are well balanced. Data of previous tests will be analyzed and deliberated with subject matter experts for designing better question papers. NTA will be a self-sustained organization. However, in order to set up and start its operations, a provision of Rs.25 crore as one-time grant has been made, out of which a sum of Rs.10 crore has been released.

Extensive consultations have been made with the concerned Ministries/Departments of the Government of India as well as other stakeholders both from Central and State Government in a workshop held on 1-9-2017 before the proposal was approved.

While replying to a supplementary question, the Minister said that the examinations will be conducted on computer based rather than online mode. He also said that special centres will be made for students of remote areas to make them familiar with the new pattern.

While replying to a CBSE related question, he said that CBSE has informed that there have been only two instances of leakage of question papers one in 2004 in respect of AIPMT and the other in 2011 in respect of AIEEE. However, there has never been delay in declaration of results of such examinations. In order to ensure absolute transparency, CBSE displays the OMR sheets, answer key and the answers of the candidates on its website before declaration of result, which can be challenged by the candidates.

With regard to Board examinations, CBSE has further informed that leakage of Economics of Class XII and Mathematics of Class X could be confirmed. Re-examination of Economics for Class XII was held on 25th April, 2018.  It was, however, decided not to hold a re-test for the Class X Mathematics keeping in view the interest of students and the fact that Class X examination is essentially a gateway for class XI and an internal segment of school education system. The matter was reported to the police, who after investigation arrested the people involved in leakage and the school concerned was disaffiliated by CBSE.

As a remedial step, CBSE has decided to send encrypted question papers to the examination centres with option of multiple sets. This was successfully implemented in the compartment examinations in July, 2018 for select subjects. Norms for centre fixation and custodian identification have been made more stringent and every centre has been assigned external observers to monitor the affairs of examination. CBSE has also adopted a three tier system to address errors in totalling and marking by teachers.