NTA removes 600 experts, brings four-tier checks for question papers

NTA director general apprised education minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday of the measures at a follow-up review meetingNEW 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 Central Industrial Security Force teams deployed to reinforce security.Joshi, it is learnt, has directed that all necessary security and infrastructural arrangements be completed to en