The National Testing Agency (NTA) has responded to candidates’ worries regarding the high fees for challenging answer keys. The agency clarified that the process is intended to rectify any legitimate errors in the answer keys, benefiting all candidates rather than just the individual who raises the challenge.
The NTA said the answer key challenge process is designed to ensure that any genuine error is corrected for all candidates, and not just for the student who raises the objection.
Earlier on Tuesday, educators and aspirants visited the NTA office over the same issue. The NTA explained that if even one candidate challenges a question and subject experts find the objection valid, the revised answer key will apply to all candidates who appeared for the examination. The agency also clarified that the challenge fee is refunded when an objection is upheld. The agency added that a candidate who identifies a genuine error and raises an objection will get the fee back if the challenge is found to be valid. Student Suchitra Srivastava also raised concerns about the cost of challenging multiple questions, saying it could be difficult for middle-class students to afford. These are basic questions that any Political Science student can easily answer…
It costs Rs 200 per question, which means Rs 2,800 for 14 questions…” Rs 200 per question is refunded to the candidate whose challenge is accepted, according to the NTA. The problem right now is that 14 questions are challengeable. But challenging 14 questions is not easy for a middle-class student.
It said a valid challenge raised by even one candidate can lead to a correction that benefits lakhs of other candidates. Speaking to news agency ANI, she said, “I appeared for the Political Science paper.
