2 days after postponing NEET-PG, health ministry reviews exam process
Top officials from the Union health ministry on Monday reviewed the process of the NEET-PG exam, two days after the entrance examination to postgraduate medical courses was postponed.
The National Eligibility Entrance Test (Postgraduate) entrance examination is conducted by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), along with its technical partner Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), for medical students.
The government on Saturday postponed the NEET-PG entrance examination, scheduled to be held on June 23, as a "precautionary measure" in the wake of recent allegations on the integrity of certain competitive exams.
The Monday meeting was held to check the "robustness" of the system for the conduct of the exam in the coming days, sources said.
It was learnt that the TCS top brass briefed about the various aspects of the exam procedure that is followed in the meeting.
"The process of uploading the NEET-PG exam paper starts an hour before the exam is to be held. Thi