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NEW DELHI: A parliamentary sheet Monday summoned the National Testing Agency (NTA) main to reappraisal reforms successful the backdrop of the NEET-UG insubstantial leak that has raised superior concerns astir the procedural flaws successful the conduting of the country's 1 of the astir tedious and competitory examination. NTA chairperson Pradeep Kumar Joshi and different bureaucrats person been summoned for deliberations connected May 21.The Parliamentary Standing Committee connected Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports volition question the views of apical acquisition ministry bureaucrats connected the alleged insubstantial leak and reforms of NTA, which holds centralised admittance tests to assorted undergraduate courses, connected May 21, a Rajya Sabha announcement said according to PTI.The docket includes a reappraisal of the implementation of the K Radhakrishnan Committee study connected NTA reforms and an update connected the probe into the alleged NEET-UG insubstantial leak case. The committee, headed by Congress person Digvijaya Singh, has besides summoned the secretary, section of higher education, ministry of education, Vineet Joshi. The NTA cancelled the National Eligibility cum Entrance Exam (Undergraduate) held connected May 3 amid allegations of irregularities.
Nearly 23 lakh candidates had registered for the test, which was administered by the NTA crossed the country.According to the NTA, accusation regarding the alleged malpractice was received connected the evening of May 7, 4 days aft the introspection was conducted.Education curate Dharmendra Pradhan connected Friday announced that the NEET-UG re-examination would beryllium held connected June 21 and said the aesculapian entranceway trial would displacement to a computer-based format from adjacent year.The sheet is besides acceptable to sermon the interaction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) connected the acquisition assemblage and ways to amended students’ employability. Representatives from Anthropic India, Pratham, IIT Kanpur, Infosys and IIT Madras person been invited for the deliberations.In a abstracted sitting, the committee volition clasp discussions with the vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and the chairperson of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) connected issues concerning acquisition institutions, including implementation of reservations, vacancies and the National Education Policy (NEP).The sheet volition further reappraisal its 379th study connected enactment taken by the authorities connected recommendations made successful the 365th study concerning Demands for Grants 2025-26 of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.It volition besides analyse the 380th study connected enactment taken regarding recommendations successful the 368th study connected the functioning of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and teacher grooming initiatives nether NEP 2020.
