HRD Ministry to set up NTA to Conduct(संचालन) Exams for Higher & Secondary Education

HRD Ministry to set up NTA to Conduct(संचालन)  Exams for Higher & Secondary Education

The Union Human Resource Development Ministry led by ‎under Prakash Javadekar is set to constitute a National Testing Agency (NTA) which will be responsible(उत्तरदायी) for conducting examinations for higher and secondary education. The announcement(घोषणा) was made in the Union Budget 2017-18

 by the Finance Minister who proposed to set up NTA as an autonomous (स्वायत्त) and self-sustained (आत्मनिर्भर) premier testing agency to conduct all entrance exams to higher education. The main aim of setting NTA is to ease the work of the bodies like CBSE, AICTE, from the responsibilities of conducting exams, and eventually enable them to focus more on academics. Initially NTA would conduct examinations for IIT, NIT and even university exams and later on it will also get the responsibility of conducting secondary school exams.

Similarly, initially, CBSE staff will be deployed(तैनात)  in NTA and later on the specialized people will be hired in the NTA. The Agency will have its own independent experts, preparing their own question papers, and conducting exams. The National Testing aims to bring professionalism, competence and transparency in the field of conducting tests for higher educational institutions and benefit students as well.