UGC NET 2022: Technical glitches were reported from various centres across the country on the first day of the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) on Saturday, reported news agency PTI. Now, the National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam conducting body has released an official statement regarding the situation.
As per the notification, NTA has decided to reschedule the examination. “NTA has decided to reschedule the examination in such instance. The revised date for the rescheduled Examination will be uploaded shortly along with the revised Admit Card for these candidates. The new date for the examination will be announced soon,” NTA in an official notification said.
Due to technical issues, the examination scheduled for July 9, 2022 Shift-1 could not be conducted at the following Exam Centres in the country. Shift II went off smoothly.
Many candidates took to social media to narrate their ordeals. Kabalyapati Mishra, a candidate, wrote on Twitter, “In an act of sheer irresponsible management of exams, on the first day first shift of UGC NET, December 2021 and June 2022 merged cycle, candidates had to undergo a long haul of waiting of 2 hrs for the server to get started (scheduled at 9 am started at 11 am).”
Another candidate, Arham Ali Khan, tweeted: “The @ugc_india NET/JRF examination that was scheduled for today did not happen due to some server issue of the @DG_NTA. Students kept on waiting for 3 hours at JSS Institute sec 62 Noida and then left. When will it be rescheduled?”
“The Subject -wise and Shift -wise schedule of Phase 2 examiantion will be announced soon,” reads the notification. For any queries or /clarifications, candidates can call NTA Help Desk at 011-40759000 or write to NTA at ugcnet@nta.ac.in
UGC NET 2022 Latest News: One can check the notification at nta.ac.in and ugcnet.nta.nic.in.
(With Inputs From PTI)
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