NTA cancels NEET (UG) over paper leak reports

May 12, 2026 /Posted byPrajwal EW / 0

Protests erupted across several parts of the country after the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Tuesday that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET UG) had been cancelled following suspicions of a paper leak in Rajasthan.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has decided to cancel the NEET UG examination that was scheduled for May 3, 2026, after receiving inputs from central agencies and findings from law enforcement authorities indicating that the integrity of the examination may have been compromised due to alleged paper leak incidents. The decision was taken with the approval of the Government of India, and the revised examination schedule will be announced shortly.

“The inputs received by NTA, along with the findings shared by law enforcement agencies, confirmed that the current examination process could not be allowed to continue. The dates for the re-conducted examination, along with the schedule for re-issued admit cards, will be announced through the official channels of the Agency in the coming days,” the official statement said.

NTA further stated, “In continuation of its press release dated May 10, 2026, the National Testing Agency wishes to inform candidates, parents, and the public about the decisions taken regarding NEET (UG) 2026. On May 8, 2026, NTA had referred the matter to central agencies for independent verification and appropriate action, in line with its commitment to ensuring fair, secure, and credible conduct of national examinations entrusted to it,” the statement added.

Preliminary reports suggested that an MBBS aspirant from Kerala, along with the owner of a PG accommodation in Rajasthan, allegedly worked together to leak the question paper, which was reportedly circulated among numerous mock test papers shared on various social media platforms over the last two days. It is alleged that the leaked paper contained 140 questions identical to those in the actual exam and was sold for more than ₹3 lakh.

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“An uneducated Indian is not a free Indian. India’s education system remains trapped in regulations that reward compliance over learning and scarcity over opportunity. The solution to exam leaks, coaching factories and unemployability is not more licensing, but more supply. We need more schools, more colleges, more competition and more education entrepreneurs. A 21st-century education must not only impart knowledge but encourage questioning. India does not need fewer cooks in the kitchen; it needs more cooks, more recipes and fewer bureaucrats guarding empty plates.”

- Manish Sabharwal, The Indian Express, (2/6)

India’s examination system rests on a foundational assumption that the process is fair, even when outcomes disappoint, and once that trust erodes, the system loses its legitimacy. This is not merely a technical controversy but a credibility crisis, because digitising evaluation is not the same as reforming it. Technology can assist evaluation, but it cannot replace the intellectual responsibility that fair assessment demands. The controversy has shown that technology has not removed subjectivity or error, it has merely shifted them into a different format. Educational institutions cannot run experiments on students whose futures depend on these results, and the obligation is to anticipate failure before implementation, not offer explanations after the damage is done.

- P John J Kennedy, The Indian Express, (26/5)

NTA cancels NEET (UG) over paper leak reports

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