{"id":13827,"date":"2026-08-18T16:15:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13827"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:15:34","slug":"nta-removes-600-experts-brings-four-tier-checks-for-question-papers-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13827","title":{"rendered":"NTA removes 600 experts, brings four-tier checks for question papers | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133326608,imgsize-96204,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/pralhad-joshi-reviews-nta-reforms.jpg\" alt=\"NTA removes 600 experts, brings four-tier checks for question papers\" title=\"NTA director general apprised education minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday of the measures at a follow-up review meeting\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"NTA director general apprised education minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday of the measures at a follow-up review meeting\">NTA director general apprised education minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday of the measures at a follow-up review meeting<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: National Testing Agency (NTA) has removed 600 experts from its panels and begun onboarding new specialists, while deciding to subject every paper to four levels of scrutiny before an examination.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>NTA director general apprised education minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday of the measures at a follow-up review meeting. The agency informed the ministry that it will also induct 20-25 officials over the next two to three weeks and shift its offices to new premises on a \u201cwar footing\u201d, with Central Industrial Security Force teams deployed to reinforce security.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Joshi, it is learnt, has directed that all necessary security and infrastructural arrangements be completed to ensure the smooth conduct of examinations. <!-- -->The agency\u2019s wider recruitment plan was also reviewed at the meeting.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The four-tier checking mechanism is intended to strengthen scrutiny at different stages of question-paper preparation and detect factual, language, translation and formatting errors before papers are finalised. The move comes after serious defects forced NTA to cancel the June 2026 UGC-NET papers in English, Commerce and Sociology and order fresh examinations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The agency had received several complaints about the three papers. A committee subsequently found multiple factual, typographical and translation errors, wrongly worded questions and significant repetition. It concluded that the defects were too extensive to be addressed merely by dropping disputed questions during the answer-key challenge process.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Tuesday\u2019s meeting followed Joshi\u2019s first review Monday, when he ordered a comprehensive audit of NTA\u2019s examination processes and sought a report on the corrective action taken. <!-- -->He also directed an overhaul of the agency\u2019s confidential operations, including secluded rooms for sensitive work, air-gapped computer systems and mandatory device-deposit protocols.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Officials had separately informed the minister that more than 50 NTA staff had been removed as part of the agency\u2019s broader restructuring. This personnel action was not linked specifically to the errors in the three UGC-NET papers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>NTA is also filling 10 professional leadership posts, including chief technology officer, chief finance officer, chief information security officer and general managers for test security, research and psychometrics. Private-sector specialists are being inducted in areas such as cybersecurity, psychometrics and question-paper design.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/nta-removes-600-experts-brings-four-tier-checks-for-question-papers\/articleshow\/133326572.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NTA director general apprised education minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday of the measures at a follow-up review meeting NEW DELHI: National Testing Agency (NTA) has removed 600 experts from its panels and begun onboarding new specialists, while deciding to subject every paper to four levels of scrutiny before an examination.NTA director general apprised education minister 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