In a shocking case of apparent negligence by the National Testing Agency (NTA), a NEET aspirant from Nagpur was allotted an examination centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, despite selecting Nagpur as his preferred test city. The error has left the student and his family distressed just a day before the medical entrance examination scheduled for June 21.
The student, Abdullah, had earlier been assigned a centre at Saraswati Vidyalaya in Nagpur for the original NEET examination. However, after the exam was rescheduled following the paper leak controversy, he downloaded his new admit card only to discover that his examination centre had been shifted to the Abu Dhabi Indian School in the UAE.
According to the family, Abdullah had opted for Nagpur as his first choice while filling out the application form, followed by Wardha and Bhandara. They were stunned to find an overseas centre mentioned on the admit card. “We are completely unable to send our child abroad for the exam. He does not even have a passport, and there is no time left to make travel arrangements,” said the student’s father, Mohammad Talib.
The family has lodged a complaint with the NTA helpline, which reportedly acknowledged the mistake and assured them that a revised admit card would be issued after verification. Former Maharashtra Education Minister Dr. Anees Ahmed criticized the incident, calling it a serious lapse by the testing agency and urging NTA to immediately rectify the error by allotting the student a centre in Nagpur or a nearby city. The episode has raised fresh concerns over the functioning of the NTA amid ongoing scrutiny of examination management issues.
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