NEET re-exam concludes; Aspirants find chemistry paper difficult

NEW DELHI: The NEET re-exam, which began at 2 pm today, has concluded. 23 lakh students appeared for the re-exam. Some aspirants opined that the exams were a little tougher when compared with last year. Many found the chemistry paper arduous.

Almost 22 lakh students wrote the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) re- examination today. The re-exam started amid tight security following huge protests and controversies across the country over the question paper leak in the exam held in May. Today's re-exam is a big test for the central government and the National Testing Agency to regain credibility. The exam was held from 2 pm to 5.15 pm.

Unprecedented security measures were introduced to ensure the security of the exam this time. Question papers were transported to the examination centres in Indian Air Force aircraft. There are a total of 5,440 examination centres in 551 cities in the country and 14 centres abroad. CCTV cameras have been installed in more than 95,000 rooms. Real-time surveillance is being carried out at the national and state levels through a total of 1,38,560 CCTV cameras. 51,311 jammers were also installed to prevent high-tech cheating.