The pinnacle of India’s Nationwide Testing Company (NTA) has been dismissed following accusations of irregularities in current exams for greater training.
The federal government has additionally appointed a committee to advocate reforms within the fiercely aggressive course of.
There have been calls to rerun a medical entrance check after hundreds of candidates secured unusually excessive marks, prompting protests over alleged dishonest.
The Nationwide Eligibility Cum Entrance Take a look at (NEET) is the gateway to learning medication in India.
Hundreds of thousands of scholars sit the examination yearly, however solely a small proportion get adequate marks to safe a placement.
The outcomes introduced on 4 June meant that even high-scorers discovered it tough to take action.
Since then, the examination has come beneath scrutiny for causes starting from errors within the query paper to unwarranted grace marks (compensatory marks) and fraud.
Earlier this month federal Schooling Minister Dharmendra Pradhan admitted that “some irregularities” had come to mild.
NTA chief Subodh Kumar Singh has come beneath intense criticism and on Saturday he was dismissed.
A qualifying examination for PhD fellowships was additionally cancelled after the query paper was leaked on the darkish net.
The doorway check for post-graduate levels in medication, which was on account of be sat on Sunday, has been postponed.
Opposition events and pupil teams have been holding protests throughout the nation in opposition to the lapses, placing stress on the not too long ago reelected authorities of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
