NTA opens UGC-NET re-exam answer-key challenges for three subjects

The National Testing Agency has opened a paid challenge window against the provisional answer keys for the UGC-NET June 2026 re-examination in three subjects. The Public Notice is dated 10 September 2026. The subject line is Challenge of Provisional Answer Keys for UGC-NET June 2026 Re-Exam-reg. The two-page file sits on the NTA S3 path ending 202609101788985717.pdf. CreationDate on the local archive copy is Thu Sep 10 12:56:03 2026 UTC, which is 18:26 IST the same evening.

In pursuance of the NTA Public Notice dated 16 August 2026, NTA conducted the UGC-NET June 2026 Re-Examination in English, Commerce and Sociology at different locations throughout the country on 09 September 2026 and 10 September 2026. That sentence frames which papers this key file covers. It is not a fresh Admit Card release, not a Delhi traffic advisory, and not the earlier 84-subject key cycle. It is the post-reexam key challenge for the three re-tested subjects only.

Challenge window, fee, and what counts as a valid objection

NTA is uploading the provisional answer keys and inviting challenges for 03 subjects. Candidates may view the provisional answer keys and their recorded responses on the official website, and may raise challenges against any question. The processing fee is Rs. 200 per question challenged, refundable in full for accepted challenges. The challenge window runs from 10 to 13 September 2026.

Key terms candidates should note are printed in full. Challenges may be submitted only through the online mode, during the stipulated window, along with the requisite fee. Challenges submitted through any other mode such as email, fax, letter, or without the fee will not be accepted. If a challenge is accepted by the subject experts, the resulting correction will be applied uniformly to all candidates of that subject. Candidates therefore do not need to raise the same challenge more than once.

The processing fee of Rs. 200 per question challenged will be refunded in full for every challenge that is accepted by the subject experts. The answer key finalised after consideration of challenges will be treated as final. No challenge or grievance with regard to the answer keys will be entertained after the closure of the challenge window or after declaration of result.

Payment deadline and how challenges are processed

The challenge window will be open from 10 September 2026 to 13 September 2026 up to 11:59 P.M. The payment of the processing fee may be made through Debit Card, Credit Card or Net Banking up to 13 September 2026 at 11:59 P.M. No challenge will be entertained without receipt of the processing fee. Challenges will be accepted only through the official website during the challenge window.

Challenges made by candidates will be verified by the designated subject matter experts. Where a challenge is found correct on merit, the provisional answer key will be revised, and the responses will be evaluated against the revised final answer key for the purpose of preparing and declaring the result. Individual decisions on each challenge will not be communicated separately to candidates. However, the revised final answer key will be published on the official website before the results are declared, and the processing fee will be refunded for every challenge that is accepted.

Candidates are advised to visit the official websites of NTA, https://www.nta.ac.in/ and https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in/, for the latest updates, and to rely only on official communications from NTA. The notice is signed by the Director (Exams), NTA. The organisational footer names NTA as an autonomous organisation under the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India, First Floor, NSIC-MDBP Building, Okhla Industrial Estate, New Delhi-110020, telephone 011-40759000, email ugcnet@nta.ac.in.

For desk readers who already sat English, Commerce or Sociology on 9-10 September, treat this 10 September file as the paid key-challenge window for those three re-exam papers alone. Do not confuse it with the earlier multi-subject key cycle or with the Delhi BRICS travel advisory already live on the Education Desk.

Public Notice dated 10 September 2026 on 202609101788985717.pdf is the UGC-NET June 2026 re-exam provisional answer-key challenge for English, Commerce and Sociology. The 10 to 13 September window, Rs. 200 per question fee, and uniform expert revision rule are from that file alone.