NEET leak fallout: CISF to guard NTA’s confidential exam areas
Following repeated paper leaks, India's National Testing Agency (NTA) has deployed 39 CISF personnel to guard confidential exam areas at its new New Delhi office. This enhanced security includes strict access control, screening, and monitoring to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive examination material.
Why it matters
This development underscores significant concerns about the integrity of national examinations in India, impacting the fairness of educational opportunities for millions of students and potentially eroding public trust in key institutions.
NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has tightened security around its examination work with 39 CISF personnel deployed at its New Delhi office. The force will monitor confidential areas, control access and screen staff and visitors. The move follows repeated questions over paper leaks and administrative lapses, including the handling of sensitive examination material.The CISF personnel have been deployed at entry and exit points of the confidential areas at the Government of India Press Building on Minto Road. They will carry out access-control and screening measures, including frisking with X-ray baggage screening machines and Door Frame Metal Detectors (DFMDs).The NTA has also demarcated confidential areas within its new premises.
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