Police Escort and Multi-Layered Frisking Implemented to Check NEET UG Exam Malpractice

As NEET-UG 2025 is scheduled to be held on May 4, the Ministry of Education has implemented stronger security provisions to facilitate the secure and fair conduct of the countrywide medical entrance exam. Following past experiences of malpractice, the authorities are coordinating with local officials to leave no loophole for malpractices.

As per Ministry sources, several coordination meetings have taken place with District Magistrates (DMs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs) of all states and union territories. These meetings have been aimed at creating an impenetrable mechanism between the police, school administrations, and exam controllers.

One of the major reforms this year is police-escorted carrying of all confidential documents—question papers and OMR sheets included. This is a radical departure from the past when transport used to depend largely on sealed packets and supervision by invigilators. Now, with police direct intervention, authorities are confident of removing any possibility of tampering, leaks, and delays.

On the day of the examination, multi-layered frisking techniques will be implemented at all examination centers. Frisking will be done by district police with the help of NTA's hired security team to check students for electronic devices or any kind of unauthorized material. The process will start much prior to reporting time to enable people to enter without congestion, officials claim.

For addressing organised cheating rings and impersonation attempts, the government has also resolved to watch coaching centres and online platforms intensely. Cyber espionage will target message apps and social forums where historical leaks and cons have commonly arisen.

In a bid to engage students in the war against fraud, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has launched a new reporting portal. Candidates can anonymously report impersonators, fake claims, and suspicious behavior through an online form. The move is part of the recently passed Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, aimed at criminalising organized exam fraud and ensuring maximum accountability.

While lakhs of students sit down to attempt NEET-UG 2025, such measures of precaution indicate a larger effort to gain back credibility and confidence in the public examination system of India—where meritocracy, and not manipulation, holds sway.