Government sets up Expert Committee to examine out of syllabus questions in CET 2024
The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET), administered by the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA), took place on April 18th and 19th, 2024, with four subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology. Over 3 lakh students participated in the exam across the state.
Following the exams, news reports emerged, indicating that several questions from the papers were allegedly out of the CET syllabus. There have been representations that many questions were not from the syllabus, significantly affecting the students. Consequently, demands for providing grace marks or reconducting the exam have been made. The KEA has provided students with an opportunity to raise objections to the questions until April 27th. The KEA has been asked to submit a detailed report regarding this issue to the Government.
Meanwhile, the government has examined the matter, and a committee of experts for each of the four subjects has been established to determine the number of questions that are out of the syllabus of CET. The expert committee has been directed to provide its report immediately.
“KEA will act in the interests of the students who have appeared for the CET exam. Based on the report of the expert committee, a further decision will be taken in this regard. The interests of the students will be the utmost priority, and no hardship will be caused to the students,” a press statement from SRIKAR M S. Principal Secretary to Government Education Department (Higher Education), stated.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
