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Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) chaired a high-level reappraisal gathering of elder officials and functionaries of the Ministry of Education, State Governments, National Testing Agency (NTA) and Higher Education Institutions to measure the preparedness of the NEET UG re-examination scheduled to beryllium conducted connected June 21.
Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Sanjay Kumar; Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Vineet Joshi and Director General, NTA, Shri Abhishek Singh, besides attended the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, the Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan emphasised connected the value of maintaining the highest standards of integrity, transparency and ratio successful the introspection process and directed each acrophobic authorities to stay vigilant and afloat prepared. He urged the officials acrophobic to guarantee that indispensable measures were successful spot for the escaped and just behaviour of the re-examination.
Emphasising connected the value of coordination astatine each levels, the Minister informed that officers designated by the Ministry volition scope each the States to coordinate the activities pertaining to the re-examination process and volition study to the Command Centre headed by the DG, NTA. The Minister asked the designated nodal officers of the State governments to guarantee that students were provided each indispensable facilities to alteration them to look for the re-examination successful a stress-free environment.
Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Sanjay Kumar, said that the students indispensable beryllium enactment astatine implicit easiness to look for the examination, by giving them each indispensable facilities including proviso of seating arrangements earlier the exam and drinking water. He requested the nodal officers of the State governments to guarantee that capable steps were taken successful this regard.
Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Vineet Joshi remarked that the clip betwixt present and the day of the re-examination was important and stressed connected the request for proactive coordination, timely dissemination of instructions and strict compliance with each prescribed protocols.
Director General, NTA, Abhishek Singh said that NTA was moving with each acrophobic stakeholders including the territory level coordination committees headed by the DMs, State constabulary departments and quality agencies to guarantee that the re-examination was conducted smoothly.
Detailed deliberations were held connected the introspection preparedness, coordination mechanisms, information protocols, logistical arrangements, grievance redressal mechanisms and adherence to introspection guidelines. States/UTs were advised to support adjacent coordination with each stakeholders to guarantee the smooth, transparent and seamless behaviour of the re-examination.
222 participants attended the gathering that was conducted successful a hybrid mode. Senior officials from assorted States/Union Territories, nodal officers of centrally funded institutes, vice chancellors and directors of higher acquisition institutes crossed the state participated successful the meeting. They assured afloat practice and said they were committed to taking each indispensable measures for the creaseless behaviour of the introspection and ensuring a creaseless and hassle-free acquisition for the candidates.
