TNEA 2026: Nearly 60,000 students get provisional allotments in round two

The Congress on Monday (August 17, 2026) attacked the government after the National Testing Agency announced the retest for three papers of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination, asking whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will say anything about his own responsibility.Congress general secretary in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh, said that nearly two months after the UGC NET June 2026 exam, the NTA itself admitted that the question papers for English, Commerce and Sociology contained factual, typographical and translation errors."Names of prominent scholars were misspelled, book titles were garbled, there were errors in the language of the questions, mistakes in grammatical and gender-number agreement, punctuation errors, and non-standard terms were used for established concepts," Ramesh said in his post in Hindi on X.Not only that, the NTA's committee found that a large number of such questions were repeated — ones that had already been asked in previous exams, he said.Now, the exams for these three subjects will be held again on September 9 and 10, the Congress leader pointed out."Our question is: Why should the country's students bear the punishment for NTA's mistakes? Does it really take nearly two months to detect such serious errors?" Mr. Ramesh said.How will the losses be compensated — and by whom — for those students who, due to this delay, will be deprived of admission to this year's academic session in various universities, he asked."The question isn't just why the exam is being held again. The question is how a question paper with such serious errors was prepared and approved in the first place," Mr. Ramesh said.Whose responsibility is this negligence in a national-level exam tied to the careers of millions of young people, the Congress general secretary asked."Why should candidates pay the price for mistakes in the examination system? These questions aren't just for the thousands of students in these three subjects. The government must explain why the results for thousands of candidates who have already taken the exams in 84 other subjects are delayed," he said.Mr. Ramesh asserted that for the young people who took the exam in June, every day matters.Opportunities like JRF, Assistant Professor eligibility and PhD admissions are linked to the results, he pointed out."Will the Prime Minister, who chides the country's youth from the ramparts of the Red Fort, say anything about his own responsibility? The youth of the country demands answers," Mr. Ramesh said.The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday (August 16) announced the retest for three papers of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination — English, Commerce and Sociology — following complaints about several errors in these papers.The English paper will be held on September 9 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon in Shift 1, while the Commerce paper will be conducted the same day from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Shift 2.The Sociology paper will be held on September 10 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon in Shift 1.The NTA conducted the UGC-NET June 2026 examination from June 22 to 30 across 87 subjects for the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), eligibility for assistant professor, and admission to PhD programmes.In a public notice, the NTA said it had received several complaints about multiple errors in these papers of the three subjects and constituted a committee to look into these issues.The committee found that the three papers had many factual, typographical and translation errors, including misspelt names of prominent scholars, garbled book titles, errors in the stem wording of questions, grammatical errors, gender and number agreement errors, punctuation mistakes and non-standard coined terms for established concepts, as well as repeti

The agency conducted the UGC-NET examinations on June 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, and a retest on July 5. Credit: X/@NTA_Exams The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday (August 16, 2026) released the provisional answer keys for 84 subjects of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination.The agency said the challenge window is open and it will remain open from August 16-18 till 11.59 p.m. Challenges will be accepted online only, through the official portal at https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in.Candidates will have to pay a processing fee of ₹200 per question challenged, with the last date for fee payment being August 18 till 11.59 p.m., it said. “Each challenge must be supported by documentary evidence. Challenges received through any other mode will not be entertained,” the agency said in a post on X.A separate public notice is due today with respect to three remaining subjects — English, Commerce and Sociology. “A Committee was constituted to examine the complaints received regarding various types of errors in the question papers. Based on the recommendations of the Committee, a separate Public Notice concerning these three subjects is being issued later today,” the NTA said in the same post.The agency also advised candidates to rely only on information published on the official website and NTA’s verified social media handlesIt said the provisional answer keys for CSIR-NET have also be published on its website.Joint CSIR UGC NET June 2026 candidates can now access the provisional answer key and challenge window.Please review the details carefully and use the official portal to submit challenges from 16 to 18 August 2026, up to 11:00 PM.#NTA#NTAUpdate#NTAExams#CSIRUGCNET… pic.twitter.com/5aw6hW7Tmw— National Testing Agency (@NTA_Exams) August 16, 2026The agency conducted the UGC-NET examinations on June 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, and a retest on July 5.UGC-NET is conducted to determine the eligibility of candidates for the posts of Assistant Professor and admission to PhD programmes. The examination consists of two papers: Paper I, which includes 50 questions on teaching aptitude, reasoning ability, and general awareness, and Paper II, which contains 100 subject-related multiple-choice questions.The Joint CSIR-UGC NET June 2026 examination were held on July 17 and 18 in Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode to determine the eligibility for the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), appointment as assistant professor, and admission to Ph.D. programmes in institutions across India.With PTI inputs Published - August 16, 2026 12:55 pm IST