UP Board, NTA join hands to curb copying mafia in exams

The National Testing Agency (NTA), which faced controversy following the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) paper leak last year, has implemented significant changes in its system.

- K Sandeep Kumar

PRAYAGRAJ:

For the first time, state and district-level committees have been formed to ensure transparent and fair conduct of exams like the Joint Entrance Examination (Main), NEET (UG), Central University Entrance Test (CUET) and UGC National Eligibility Test (NET).

A special feature in Uttar Pradesh this year will be the collaboration between UP Board officials and NTA to prevent copying mafia from compromising these exams, officials stated.

UP chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh has appointed UP Board secretary Bhagwati Singh as the nodal officer for the state-level coordination committee, set up to ensure the transparency and success of the examinations conducted by NTA across various districts in UP. Additionally, Director General of Police (Law and Order) LR Kumar has been appointed as the state police representative, they added.