NTA orders retest for three UGC-NET papers after errors

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced a retest for three papers of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination after receiving complaints about multiple errors. The affected subjects are English, Commerce, and Sociology, rediff.com reports. A committee found factual, typographical, and translation errors, including misspelt names, garbled book titles, and repeated questions.

The English retest will be held on September 9 from 9 am to 12 noon, and Commerce the same day from 3 pm to 6 pm. The Sociology paper is scheduled for September 10 from 9 am to 12 noon, according to Mathrubhumi. The NTA said no additional fee will be charged and that results for the other 84 subjects will be declared as per schedule.

The NTA stated that defects in the three papers could not be cured merely by dropping questions after the challenge process. It assured that the number of qualified candidates and subject-wise allocations for JRF and assistant professor eligibility will not be reduced after the retest.