NTA to roll out facial biometrics for exams from 2026
The Daily Guardian
|December 24, 2025
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is set to roll out facial biometric authentication during examinations, along with compulsory live photography at the application stage, to tighten security across all major entrance exams, beginning with the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main from January 2026.
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Officials said the initiative aims to curb impersonation, cheating and other unfair practices by enabling real-time verification of candidates’ identities at multiple stages of the examination cycle.
Confirming the move, Secretary of Higher Education Vineet Joshi said facial recognition technology would be used during examinations, while live photographs of candidates would be captured at the time of submitting application forms. “This system will be introduced from January, beginning with JEE (Main),” he said while interacting with the media.
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