NTA warns public against impersonation of agency, its officials for NEET, other exams

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has cautioned the general public against impersonation of the exam agency and its officials for any issue related to the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) and other exams conducted by NTA. The testing agency also listed down the official websites of NTA and NEET.

NTA issued a statement informing the public that some persons are using its name as well as the name of NTA officials through fake websites. “Some unscrupulous elements are misusing the name of the NTA and its officials through various websites. Some other persons are also masquerading as NTA Officials,” it said in the statement.

The agency informed the public to be aware of people using its name in the issue of manipulation of NEET OMR sheet 2024. “Hence the public is informed to be aware of such impersonation or people using the names of NTA and its officials for any issue related to the manipulation of OMRs in the case of NEET (UG)-2024 or any other examination of NTA,” it said.

The exam conducting body also iterated that the “actual” websites of NTA and NEET are nta.ac.in and exams.nta.ac.in/NEET/ respectively.

“The General Public is advised to regularly visit the NTA website(s) https://www.nta.ac.in/ and https://exams.nta.ac.in/NEET/ for the latest updates regarding the examination,” it further said in its statement.

NTA has been at the center of the attack over the recent incidents of alleged paper leak, malpractices, cheating, impersonation, postponement in the national-level exams such as NEET, University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET), Common University Entrance Test (CUET).