NEET 2024 Latest News: NTA Awards Grace Marks For Exam Time Loss

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has granted grace marks to candidates who lost time during the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG 2024). Consequently, 67 candidates have secured NEET All India Rank (AIR) 1 with a percentile score of 99.997129. The NEET 2024 results were announced on Tuesday.

"NTA received few representations and Court Cases from the candidates of NEET (UG) 2024 raising concerns of loss of time during the conduct of the examination on 05.05.2024. Such cases/representations were considered by NTA and the normalisation formula, which has been devised and adopted by the Hon'ble Apex Court, vide its Judgment dated 13.06.2018, was implemented to address the loss of time faced by the candidates of NEET (UG) 2024," the NTA stated.

"The loss of examination time was ascertained and such candidates were compensated with grace marks. So, candidate's marks can be 718 or 719 also," the NTA explained.

The statement addresses the worries of many candidates about the recent NEET result announcement, particularly the omission of category-wise toppers' marks for the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. There have also been questions about some unusual scores.

With 720 being the maximum possible score, the second-highest should logically be 716. Despite this, scorecards showing 718 and 719 have been circulating widely on social media, leaving many students confused and seeking clarification.