Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan holds review meeting for NEET re-examination preparations

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Dharmendra Pradhan holds a review meeting for NEET re-exam, which is scheduled to be held on June 21. Photo credit : X/ PTI

Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday (June 18, 2026) chaired a high-level review meeting of senior officials and functionaries of the Ministry of Education, State Governments, National Testing Agency (NTA) and Higher Education Institutions to assess the preparedness of the NEET UG re-examination scheduled to be conducted on June 21.

Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Sanjay Kumar; Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Vineet Joshi and Director General, NTA, Shri Abhishek Singh, also attended the meeting.

Addressing the meeting, the Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan emphasised on the importance of maintaining the highest standards of integrity, transparency and efficiency in the examination process and directed all concerned authorities to remain vigilant and fully prepared. He urged the officials concerned to ensure that necessary measures were in place for the free and fair conduct of the re-examination.

Emphasising on the importance of coordination at all levels, the Minister informed that officers designated by the Ministry will reach all the States to coordinate the activities pertaining to the re-examination process and will report to the Command Centre headed by the DG, NTA. The Minister asked the designated nodal officers of the State governments to ensure that students were provided all necessary facilities to enable them to appear for the re-examination in a stress-free environment.

Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Sanjay Kumar, said that the students must be put at absolute ease to appear for the examination, by giving them all necessary facilities including provision of seating arrangements before the exam and drinking water. He requested the nodal officers of the State governments to ensure that adequate steps were taken in this regard.

Secretary, Department of Higher Ed