AS the All bharat Students' connection (AISA) on sat alleged irregularities in CUET-PG examinations, the subject Testing federal agency (NTA) rejected claims and issued a clarification saying the exams were conducted on a different date for students who could not appear on the scheduled dates for ‘reasons entirely beyond their control.’“In March 2026, due to the law-and-order disruption at Tura (Meghalaya), and the security situation at certain overseas centres, 565 candidates across 28 subjects could not appear on their originally scheduled dates, for reasons entirely beyond their control," the NTA said in a post on X.Also read: A forged army ID, a dummy pistol and 2 bouncers: How 'fake Brigadier' Aryan Verma tricked peopleThis comes at a time when the NTA is already under fire over alleged examination irregularities linked to the alleged NEET paper leak scam and other irregularities.“For CUET (PG), NTA’s policy is to report absolute marks for every candidate, in every subject. No candidate's score is normalized — not in the main examination, not in the reschedule. There was therefore nothing the rescheduled candidates were exempted from; they were scored on exactly the same basis as everyone else,” NTA said on X. Protest against alleged irregularityMembers of AISA wearing cockroach masks protested in different parts of Delhi against alleged irregularities in exams and alleged "growing unaccountability" in the education sector.The protests, which were held in Delhi University's North Campus, Kamla Nagar, Patel Chest, Gurmandi and Vijaynagar, were part of a week-long outreach programme of the student group, PTI reported.Also read: Rubio tells India 'ships violating US blockade in Hormuz won't be tolerated', days after Indian seafarers killedAccording to AISA, students and locals participated in the protests, during which activists highlighted issues related to examination management, paper "leaks" and the functioning of the NTA.The protesters raised slogans demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, scrapping of the NTA and withdrawal of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.Also read: Is mystery over 20th rebel MP over? Another TMC MP reaches BJP leader's residence with Satabdi RoyIn a statement, AISA's Delhi University Secretary Anjali said alleged irregularities in examinations such as NEET-UG and CUET have adversely affected students and called for greater accountability in the education system.AISA claimed that initially, Delhi Police personnel attempted to stop the campaign, but it proceeded as scheduled.It said similar campaigns will continue in different parts of the city over the coming days as part of its nationwide mobilisation on education-related issues.
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