Supreme Court directs Centre to file affidavit on NTA exam reforms in three weeks

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• 2026-08-19

  NTA removes 600 exam experts and adds CISF security in system overhaul

  After lapses in the UGC-NET 2026 papers forced the cancellation of three subject papers, the Education Ministry directed the National Testing Agency to overhaul its examination processes on a war footing. The NTA has removed around 600 experts from its examination team, is onboarding new domain specialists in cybersecurity, psychometrics and question paper design, and will introduce a four-tier system for checking question papers before they are used. Its offices are being shifted from Okhla to Minto Road in Delhi with CISF security cover, after student groups protested outside its Delhi office over the UGC-NET lapses.

• 2026-08-20

  Supreme Court directs Centre to file affidavit on NTA exam reforms in three weeks

  The Supreme Court directed the Centre to file an affidavit within three weeks detailing the steps taken to implement examination reform recommendations made by the Radhakrishnan committee and reviewed by the Nandan Nilekani committee. The bench questioned whether the National Testing Agency has the dedicated manpower, cybersecurity capacity and infrastructure for institutional permanence, rather than relying on temporary procedural safeguards for each examination. The Centre told the court its current security protocols for the NEET UG examination, including GPS tracked transport of sealed question papers and videographed opening in the presence of student witnesses, made the system difficult to breach.