Re-examination likely in June
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday said the schedule for the re-examination would be announced within the “next seven to 10 days”.
Sources told The Pioneer the revised dates of the entrance test will be held anytime around June 20, 2026, so that the academic session for the MBBS, BDS courses are unaffected.
Owing up full responsibility for the irregularities, NTA Director General Abhishek Singh said, “For the re-examination date, I will sit with my team and, in the next few days, announce the complete exam schedule and dates. Our effort will be to conduct the exam in the shortest possible time so that the academic calendar and admission schedule of medical colleges are not disrupted. The process will begin within the next seven to 10 days.”
All previous registration data, candidature details, and chosen examination centres will be carried forward and aspirants need not register again. For the revised entrance, there will be no additional fee charged from the candidates and the fees paid earlier will be refunded.
Investigations revealed that some questions circulating in PDF format among students before the examination matched the actual question paper, prompting the agency to recommend cancellation of the medical entrance test.
“I would not say that the entire paper was leaked. But I will definitely say that even if a single question matches our question paper, our commitment to zero tolerance and zero error is violated, and our entire process is compromised. We will take responsibility for it and take action accordingly,” the NTA DG said.
Earlier in the day NTA posted a detailed statement on its social media platforms stating based on inputs and the investigative findings, the NTA, with the approval of the Government of India, has decided to cancel the NEET (UG) 2026 examination conducted on 3 May 2026, and to re-conduct the examination on dates that will be notified separately. The agency emphasised that the ‘present examination process could not be allowed to stand’ in the interest of transparency and trust in the national examination system.
