Now newly formed National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct national-level examinations including NET, NEET and JEE (Mains). currently Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) organised these exams.
- As per the Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has started its work and will be conducting various entrance examinations for higher educational Institutions from next academic sessions onwards.
- NTA will bring qualitative difference in the examination process by its focus on research and scientific test design using services of Experts, Researchers, Statisticians, Psychometricians, Test Item Writers and Education Specialists. The item writers would be trained to ensure that the quality of questions is as per the test design. The experts, statisticians and item writers/subject matter experts are already identified for being inducted into NTA. The new system will be student friendly, fair , transparent and flexible, the Minister added.
- National Eligibility Test (NET) will be conducted in December and JEE (Mains) twice a year in January and April and NEET in February and May.
- The students can appear both the times in NEET and the best of the two scores will be taken into account for admission
- So for the first time in the history of competitive examinations, the JEE (Main) and NEET (UG) will be conducted twice before admissions in the next academic session. This gives a choice to the students especially if they fail to appear in a test due to unwarranted circumstances.
Some Features
- The examinations for all candidates will be conducted in computer based mode only (Starting from next exam UGC-NET exam).
- The two tests (each for JEE (Main) & NEET (UG)) will be equated using psychometric methods, standardisation techniques and best of the equated scores will be used for the admissions.
- All the tests ( UGC- NET ( December), JEE (Main) & NEET (UG)) will be conducted in multiple sittings and a candidate will have an option of dates to choose from. Scores of different candidates in multiple sittings will also be equated using standardisation techniques.
- NTA will establish a network of test practice centres for students of rural areas so that everyone will have an opportunity to practice before the exam. Schools/engineering colleges with computer centres would be identified and kept open on Saturday/Sunday starting from 3rd week of August. Any student can use the facility free of charge.
- All tests would be set ina scientific manner with the test items developed jointly by the subject matter exp
About National Testing Agency (NTA)
- National Testing Agency (NTA) was approved by the Union Cabinet in November 2017 as an Autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for higher educational Institutions.erts and psychometricians.
- Before developing the question papers, the item writers for the exams will be given feedback on the functioning of the previous years’ items so that they are able to make test items which are more valid and reliable.
