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AIAPGET exam cancelled at Jaipur centre, re-exam set for September 1
The All India Ayush Post Graduate Entrance Test (AIAPGET) 2026 at Jaipur's Satya Sai PG Girls College was cancelled on August 22 after a power failure disrupted the first shift within 15 minutes of the 10 am start. According to indiagazette.com, candidates sat idle for over an hour, with some feeling unwell from stress, prompting protests by students and parents. The Jaipur Additional District Magistrate reached the spot to calm the situation.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced a re-exam for the 49 affected candidates on September 1 at Rajasthan College of Engineering for Women, Jaipur, Hindustan Times reports. The NTA has suspended the empanelment of the exam agency Eduquity Career Technologies Private Limited. The agency expressed regret for the inconvenience, while the incident adds to recent scrutiny over NTA's handling of high-stakes tests, including a separate re-exam for UGC-NET earlier this week.
Indian Opinion Analysis
indiagazette.com frames the exam cancellation through high drama and student outrage, with quotes from affected candidates calling it negligence and a waste of hard work. Hindustan Times leads on the NTA's remedial steps: the rescheduled date, the number of affected candidates (49, not all 192), and the suspension of the exam agency. The sources disagree on the cause: indiagazette.com says a technical glitch, while Hindustan Times specifies a power failure. The Hindustan Times report also places this in the broader context of NTA's recent mismanagement, including a separate re-exam for UGC-NET and the removal of 600 experts. The key balanced reading is that while the disruption was severe for candidates, the NTA has acted promptly on a concrete remedy. The next step is the re-exam on 1 September.
Coverage: 2 sources, 1 government-critical, 1 sensationalist
Sources (2): indiagazette.com (sensationalist), news.google.com (government critical)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
