NTA removes 600 experts, brings 4-tier paper checks

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 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 “war footing”, with CISF teams deployed to reinforce security.4-tier check to boost scrutiny at different stages of paper settingEducation minister Pralhad Joshi, it is learned, has directed that all necessary security and infrastructural arrangements be completed at the earliest. The agency’s wider recruitment plan was also reviewed.The four-tier checking mechanism is to strengthen scrutiny at different stages of question-paper preparation, and detect factual, language, translation and formatting errors before papers are finalised.