NTA schedules AIAPGET re-exam for 49 after Jaipur power outage

The National Testing Agency has scheduled a reexamination for 49 candidates who were unable to complete the All India AYUSH Post Graduate Entrance Test on August 22 due to a power failure at a test center in Jaipur. The retest will be held on September 1 at 10 a.m. at the Rajasthan College of Engineering for Women in Jaipur.

The disruption occurred at the Shri Satya Sai PG College Centre, where 192 candidates were taking the computer-based examination. According to the NTA, a power failure at the center prevented 49 of those candidates from finishing their test. The agency attributed the issue to Eduquity Career Technologies Private Limited, the firm responsible for conducting the exam at that location.

The AIAPGET is a national-level entrance examination for admission to postgraduate courses in Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy. The August 22 examination was conducted in two shifts across approximately 200 centers nationwide. The NTA reported that of 36,979 registered candidates, 35,837 appeared for the test, and 35,788 completed it.

Candidates at the Jaipur center described a chaotic scene. They reported that the power outage lasted for about 20 minutes, causing computer...