Panel on exams and NTA reforms gets 37k suggestions | India News
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NEW DELHI: The high-level committee deliberating on improvements in conduct of examinations and National Testing Agency (NTA) reforms has received over 37,000 public suggestions, with 30,000 coming from students and candidates of various such competitive exams.
According to sources, the panel plans to meet many of the students whose suggestions it is reviewing.The panel is exploring various exam options based on their different purposes; for instance, NEET and JEE are for admission to professional courses, while CUET-UG and UGC-NET are for undergraduate admissions in general universities and eligibility tests for Junior Research Fellowship, assistant professor appointments, and PhD admissions.
The committee has also consulted Amey Karkare of IIT-Kanpur, an expert in programme analysis, compiler optimisations, software engineering, and machine learning with a focus on computer-aided education, and Debapriya Roy, an expert in hardware security, side-channel analysis, and applied cryptography, from the same institute.
In light of allegations of paper leaks and irregularities in national level competitive exams like NEET-UG and UGC-NET conducted by the NTA, the ministry of education formed a high-level committee on June 22. This committee, headed by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan, aims to ensure transparent, smooth, and fair examinations. Following reports of a paper leak on the “darknet,” the govt cancelled the UGC-NET a day after its delivery. The Supreme Court is currently hearing multiple petitions seeking the cancellation and retesting of NEET-UG, following arrests made by Bihar Police and the CBI.
The committee, which first met on June 24, is expected to submit its recommendations by August 24. Senior officials indicate that the committee has consulted various agencies with extensive experience in conducting exams, as well as officials from the NTA, NMC, UGC, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and National Board of Examinations.
According to sources familiar with the deliberations, the panel is examining all exam modes in terms of their different purposes and numbers, and determining the necessary checks and balances to address various challenges each exam faces.
“It is also analysing the NTA’s exam processes from the beginning, including question setting, patterns, and logistics for transferring physical question papers. The panel is expected to make suggestions in these areas as well,” said a source.
According to sources, the panel plans to meet many of the students whose suggestions it is reviewing.The panel is exploring various exam options based on their different purposes; for instance, NEET and JEE are for admission to professional courses, while CUET-UG and UGC-NET are for undergraduate admissions in general universities and eligibility tests for Junior Research Fellowship, assistant professor appointments, and PhD admissions.
The committee has also consulted Amey Karkare of IIT-Kanpur, an expert in programme analysis, compiler optimisations, software engineering, and machine learning with a focus on computer-aided education, and Debapriya Roy, an expert in hardware security, side-channel analysis, and applied cryptography, from the same institute.
In light of allegations of paper leaks and irregularities in national level competitive exams like NEET-UG and UGC-NET conducted by the NTA, the ministry of education formed a high-level committee on June 22. This committee, headed by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan, aims to ensure transparent, smooth, and fair examinations. Following reports of a paper leak on the “darknet,” the govt cancelled the UGC-NET a day after its delivery. The Supreme Court is currently hearing multiple petitions seeking the cancellation and retesting of NEET-UG, following arrests made by Bihar Police and the CBI.
The committee, which first met on June 24, is expected to submit its recommendations by August 24. Senior officials indicate that the committee has consulted various agencies with extensive experience in conducting exams, as well as officials from the NTA, NMC, UGC, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and National Board of Examinations.
According to sources familiar with the deliberations, the panel is examining all exam modes in terms of their different purposes and numbers, and determining the necessary checks and balances to address various challenges each exam faces.
“It is also analysing the NTA’s exam processes from the beginning, including question setting, patterns, and logistics for transferring physical question papers. The panel is expected to make suggestions in these areas as well,” said a source.
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