UGC-NET Re-Exam Begins Today: English and Commerce Papers Retaken After Question Paper Errors
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New Delhi, September 9, 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has begun the UGC-NET June 2026 re-examination for candidates who appeared for the English and Commerce papers, following multiple errors detected in the original question papers. The Sociology re-examination will be held on September 10.
New Delhi, September 9, 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has begun the UGC-NET June 2026 re-examination for candidates who appeared for the English and Commerce papers, following multiple errors detected in the original question papers. The Sociology re-examination will be held on September 10.
The re-examination comes after an NTA-appointed committee examined complaints from candidates and found several factual, typographical, translation and other errors in the three papers.
Why Is NTA Conducting a Re-Exam?
The original UGC-NET June 2026 examination was conducted between June 22 and June 30 across 87 subjects.
Following complaints regarding the English, Commerce and Sociology papers, NTA constituted a committee to examine the concerns. The committee found that the three papers contained multiple defects that, according to NTA, could not be adequately addressed simply by dropping problematic questions during the answer-key challenge process.
What Errors Were Found?
The committee identified several categories of errors, including:
Factual inaccuracies Typographical and spelling mistakes Translation errors Misspelled names of prominent scholars Garbled book titles Errors in question wording Grammatical mistakes Gender and number agreement errors Punctuation errors Non-standard terms used for established concepts Repetition of a significant number of previously asked questions
Reports also highlighted examples of incorrectly spelled scholars' names and questions that candidates alleged had appeared in earlier UGC-NET examinations.
UGC-NET Re-Exam Schedule
The fresh examinations are being conducted according to the following schedule:
Subject Date Shift Timing English September 9, 2026 Shift 1 9:00 AM–12:00 Noon Commerce September 9, 2026 Shift 2 3:00 PM–6:00 PM Sociology September 10, 2026 Shift 1 9:00 AM–12:00 Noon
The affected candidates do not have to pay an additional examination fee for the re-test.
What About the Other 84 Subjects?
Candidates who appeared for the other 84 UGC-NET subjects are not affected by this re-examination. NTA has said the re-test for the three affected subjects will not delay the result process for the remaining subjects.
Delhi Candidates Face Traffic Advisory
Candidates appearing in Delhi on September 9 and 10 have also been advised to plan their journey carefully because of traffic restrictions and possible congestion linked to the BRICS Summit being held in the national capital.
NTA has asked candidates to leave early and allow sufficient travel time to reach their examination centres.
Re-Exam Faces Legal Challenge Too
The decision to conduct the re-examination has also come under judicial scrutiny.
The Delhi High Court has sought responses from the Centre and NTA on a petition challenging the decision to reconduct the English paper. The petitioner has questioned the transparency and fairness of the decision and has sought relief for affected candidates.
The legal proceedings, however, do not change the NTA's announced schedule for the re-examination at present.
What Candidates Should Remember
Candidates appearing for the re-test should:
Carry their valid admit card. Check the examination centre and reporting instructions carefully. Reach the centre well before the reporting time. In Delhi, allow additional travel time because of traffic restrictions. Follow all examination-centre rules. Keep checking official NTA notices for any last-minute updates. NewsDesk7 Take
The UGC-NET re-examination is an unusual step, but NTA has said the scale of errors in the three papers made a fresh examination necessary to ensure a fair and error-free assessment. The episode also highlights the importance of rigorous question-paper review before a national-level examination is conducted.
For affected candidates, the immediate priority is to appear for the fresh examination under the revised schedule, while the broader questions surrounding examination quality and accountability continue to be examined.
