813 candidates appeared for NEET-UG retest, 750 skipped exam: Testing panel

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday conducted a retest of the NEET-UG examination for 1,563 candidates at six centres in four states and a Union Territory. As per the testing panel, 813 of 1,563 candidates appeared for retest today, while 750 candidates gave skipped the exam.

The exam was conducted after the NTA withdrew grace marks awarded to students who were compensated for loss of time due to delay in the start of the examination at six centres in



Meghalaya, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Chandigarh.

The NTA had withdrawn the compensatory marks awarded to these candidates following the Supreme Court order.

The committee established by the NTA had decided to cancel the scorecards of these 1,563 candidates and offered them the option of a retest as a remedy. The re-examination was scheduled for June 23.

The result for the same will be announced before June 30.