Union Education Ministry cancelled UGC-NET 2024

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Exam was cancelled due to reports of cheating and paper leak which compromised the integrity of the exam.

University Grants Commission–National Eligibility Test (UGC–NET) is conducted by the National Testing Agency.

Reasons for cheating in examination

Positive attitude towards cheating: due to which Students avoid taking responsibility for their actions.
Societal pressures: success is measured by marks rather than the ability to complete the learning process with integrity.
Delayed justice: general perception of the judicial system being slow and ineffective.
Overambition and Pursuit of self-interest: Students may intentionally cheat to gain an unjust advantage over others.

Violates deontological ethics: Students have adopted unfair means (cheating) for favourable ends (results).
Against Utilitarianism: Cheating does not serve the Society and does not satisfy its interests as people who are not capable of providing the needed knowledge and services are given positions.
Justice as Fairness Principle: Cheating violates human liberties and equality of opportunities and supports unjust differences.
Virtue Ethics: Virtues of truth, trust, and excellence of character do not support deception or dishonesty.

It was enacted by the government to bring greater transparency, fairness and credibility to the public examination systems.
It deals with unfair means by various entities involved in conducting public examinations by the Central Government and its agencies.
It lists 15 actions that amount to using unfair means in public examinations “for monetary or wrongful gain,” like leakage of question papers.
All offenses under the Act will be cognizable, non-bailable, and non-compoundable.