NEW DELHI: NEET-UG 2025, held on May 4, was conducted securely, thanks to enhanced security measures put in place by ministry of education, in coordination with state authorities. However, students and parents/guardians have raised serious concerns over errors in the question paper and delays in redressal of grievances, urging National Testing Agency (NTA) to respond quickly.The results are expected later this month. NEET-UG remains the gateway for over 20 lakh students aspiring to get into MBBS, BDS, and other UG medical courses.In Sikar and Gujarat, candidates received faulty booklets with jumbled page numbers. For example, students who received Paper Code 47 in Sikar found that pages of the question paper were not in order. In Gujarat, particularly in Jamnagar, candidates using Gujarati-medium Paper Code 48 faced the same issue.Due to incorrect sequence of pages in question paper – like question 7 being followed by question 15 – some candidates said they darkened the circle for the wrong question. Others said valuable time was lost trying to figure out the correct corresponding circles on the answer sheet.Following the exam, guardians submitted formal complaints to Gujarat govt and NTA, attaching scanned copies of the faulty booklets as proof. “Students even raised the issue during the test but were told to solve the faulty paper,” a parent wrote. A state official confirmed the receipt of such complaints.NTA has declined to comment on the Sikar case, stating the matter is sub judice.Examinees and coaching experts also flagged certain questions as being beyond the medical syllabus. One example doing the rounds is question 38 of Code 47, which involved solving a calculus-based derivative – a topic more suited to engineering entrance tests like JEE (M).An NTA official said: “All questions were from the prescribed syllabus. The answer keys have been published and objections invited from candidates. These will be reviewed by a committee of subject experts”. However, this does not resolve the concern about misprinted or non-sequential pages, which is a layout issue rather than a content-related one.
