After NEET and UGC-NET debacles, NTA reform panel vows to check irregularities in exams
The HinduThe seven-member high level committee to reform the working of the National Testing Agency constituted by the Ministry of Education convened for its first meeting on June 24 evening in New Delhi. The committee is also examining the processes by which question papers get printed, how printers are onboarded and how to train staff to follow due processes to minimise external participation, the source said. The Education Ministry source quoted above said that the committee is looking at adding a data security vertical in the NTA organogram, and also said that the implementation of a transparent processes will require organisational restructuring of the NTA. “It will be very important for the committee to go into the root of the matter, how did the question papers leak in the first place,” Prof. Kamakoti said, adding that the identification would help to plug the gaps.