Whereas greater than 2,250 candidates scored ‘absolute zero’, the marks obtained by greater than 9,400 aspirants had been within the ‘destructive’ vary.
A number of candidates from centres in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag, which has been below adversarial glare following the leak of the NEET examination paper from one of many centres within the city, have additionally scored lower than zero marks. Officers defined {that a} ‘zero’ rating doesn’t essentially imply clean reply sheets had been submitted or the questions weren’t tried. “It’s believable that the candidate tried some questions appropriately and a few questions incorrectly, which led to the destructive rating.”
In NEET-UG, 4 marks are awarded for proper solutions, whereas incorrect solutions result in deduction of 1 mark. Unattempted questions don’t end in any marks being awarded or deducted.
The outcomes, launched on the route of Supreme Courtroom, point out that whereas candidates allegedly concerned in irregularities haven’t carried out effectively, some centres have a excessive focus of well-performing college students. Over 2,000 candidates from centres in Rajasthan’s Sikar, one of many widespread teaching hubs, scored above 650 marks, whereas one other 4,000 scored above 600 marks. Information for over 23 lakh candidates from 4,750 centres was launched in drop-down menu format for every centre, somewhat than a cumulative format. Supreme Courtroom is at present listening to a number of petitions concerning alleged irregularities within the conduct of the NEET-UG examination on Could 5, which was held at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, together with 14 cities overseas, for greater than 24 lakh candidates. The court docket ordered the outcomes to be introduced whereas masking the identities of aspirants to determine whether or not candidates showing at allegedly tainted centres secured larger marks than those that wrote the examination elsewhere. The listening to will resume on July 22, with the court docket contemplating pleas looking for the cancellation, re-test, and a court-monitored probe into the allegations of malpractice on this prestigious examination.
