NEET UG student takes OMR sheet from exam centre in Jhunjhunu

Jhunjhunu: An exam coordinator has sought a written explanantion from the superintendent of a centre that hosted the NEET (UG) exam in Jhunjhunu, after one student left the centre with the OMR sheet that should have been submitted following the test on Sunday.

The case pertains to the Piru Singh Govt Senior Secondary School in Jhunjhunu city, where Jamna Jhajharia was the centre superintendent. Monika, a student from Nangli, who took the exam there, took a blue copy of the OMR sheet with her instead of submitting it to the invigilator. After the exam ended, when the original and office copies of the OMR sheets were counted, one office copy (blue OMR) was found missing. Investigation revealed that the blue copy with roll number 3918105053 was missing.

The search for the candidate began, but by then, the student had left Jhunjhunu. A contact was established with her family, and she was brought back from near Ked in the Gudha area. Later, the carbon copy was submitted.

Errors have been occurring in exams held in the district over the past four months. Earlier this year, on Feb 2, the RAS pre-exam was conducted. At a centre in the Nawalgarh area, the paper bag was opened in the control room instead of the exam hall, leading to a commotion among candidates, with nine boycotting the exam. The investigation report found the centre superintendent and two observers guilty, and a show-cause notice was issued.

Then, on March 23, the EO-RO recruitment exam was held, during which a violation of RPSC guidelines was reported at a centre on Road Number Two in the city. In this exam, candidates were allowed entry three minutes after the scheduled gate closure time of 11 AM. In this case, the SP found six police officers guilty and suspended them, but they were later reinstated.

Two invigilators suspended

Jhunjhunu: Two invigilators of NEET UG 2025 conducted at the exam centre at Piru Singh Govt Senior Secondary School in Jhunjhunu city were placed under suspension with immediate effect by district collector Ramavatar Meena for alleged negligence following the directives of National Testing Agency (NTA).

As per NTA, the two invigilators—lecturers Urmila from Govt Senior Secondary School, Nayas, and Rajpal Singh from Govt Senior Secondary School, Dumra—violated points 12, 16 and 24 of Chapter-13 of the NTA guidelines dealing with confidentiality and fairness of the exam. tnn