NTA WILL BE STRENGTHENED, SAYS PRADHAN AMID ROW OVER NEET-UG

Amid an ongoing row over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate 2024 (NEET-UG) and the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET), Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the National Testing Agency will be further strengthened by "reconsidering important things".

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The Education Minister also assured action against those responsible for the alleged irregularities in the conduct of the examinations.

Pradhan said, "In a democracy, everyone has their views. It is our job to listen to everyone. Our responsibility is to run a processdriven government, it is our responsibility to speak the truth and accept truth. Few students have doubts about NTA (National Testing Agency) and we will have to accept this.”

“The government has decided to form a committee and experts will be part of that committee. All the important things will be reconsidered and the NTA will be strengthened further. Those who are responsible for it (discrepancies) will be held accountable,” he said.

The Education Minister earlier announced the formation of a high-level committee to probe into the issues pertaining to the functioning of NTA.

“We are committed to holding zero-error exams, and a high-level committee is being formed to improve NTA functioning,” Pradhan said at a briefing earlier on Thursday.