
India's Education Ministry on Saturday announced the formation of a high-level committee that will include seven members for recommendation of reforms in NTA. NTA has come under the scanner over alleged NEET Exams 2024 scam and NET Paper leak. Aspirants and opposition have been lambasting the Education Ministry over loopholes in the NTA. As a result, the Education Ministry announced the formation of high-level committee under the chairmanship of Ex-ISRO head Dr. K. Radhakrishnan.
Education Ministry informed that in order to ensure transparent, smooth, and fair conduct of examinations through National Testing Agency (NTA), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education constituted a High-Level Committee of Experts to make recommendations on:
The following shall be the Chairman and Members of the High-Level Committee-
As per the official release, the committee will work in three major areas. -
1) Reform in mechanism of examination process
2) Improvement in Data Security Protocols
3) Structure & Functioning of National Testing Agency
It is pertinent to mention here that the Education Ministry has directed the Committee to submit its report to the Ministry within two months from the date of issue of this order ie. from today.