NEET aspirants allege discrepancies in marks

Days after the announcement of outcomes of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET UG 2020), many college students from throughout the nation are complaining about “discrepancies” in their marks.

Just a few candidates who’ve reportedly contacted the National Testing Agency (NTA) to report the identical allege that they haven’t acquired any help.

In Anantapur district, Narreddy Pedavemannagari Siva Prakash Reddy, who had appeared for the examination carried out on September 13, is going through the same quandary, and suspects that his Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheet has been tampered with.

‘Huge difference’

“When I checked my OMR sheet and the answer key released by the NTA on its official website on October 6, I got a score of 639 out of 720 marks. But, in the final results declared on October 16, the score card showed only 419 marks, a difference of 220 marks,” Siva Prakash instructed The Hindu on Thursday.

“Since we had not downloaded the OMR sheet on October 6, we had visited the NTA website to recheck the OMR sheet after the results were declared. But it was completely different. It was not my brother’s OMR sheet,” alleged Siva Prakash’s sister Vineetha.

She stated that that they had in contrast her brother’s OMR with that of his good friend’s and located that Siva Prakash’s OMR was not authentic.

‘Nil response’

“The OMR has been tampered with,” Ms. Vineetha alleged. “The multiple mails to the NTA, requesting for an office copy of my brother’s OMR have evoked nil response,” she alleged.

Reports of scholars mentioning discrepancies have surfaced from many locations.

Venkata Vineela of Nandyal in Kurnool district had earlier instructed the media that as per the ultimate key, she ought to have scored 550 marks. “But in the final results, I scored only 113 marks,” she lamented.

Similarly, Sai Akshay of Chennai had alleged that his OMR sheet had been manipulated and that he was awarded zero marks. {K}.S. Manoj, a pupil from Coimbatore, alleged that his OMR sheet had been tampered with.

It could famous right here that Mridul Rawat, who had been declared “failed” as per the mark-sheet issued by the NTA, later emerged all-India topper in the ST class after he challenged the outcome and re-checked his OMR sheet.

Siva Prakash stated the NTA ought to reply and supply them with the official copy of the OMR sheet for revaluation.