Supreme Court seeks steps taken to reform NTA

 Observing that there is a need to institutionalise reforms in the National Testing Agency, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to inform it about the steps taken to implement recommendations of the Radhakrishnan panel and the Nandan Nilekani committee.

A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said reforms in the National Testing Agency (NTA) must be institutionalised and technological changes are needed for the smooth conduct



of entrance examinations.

The seven-member Radhakrishnan Committee was set up by the Ministry of Education in the wake of the NEET-UG paper leak to make recommendations on reforms in the examination process, improvement in data security protocols and the structure and functioning of the NTA.

The government had also set up a high-powered task force led by Infosys co-founder Nilekani for structural reforms in competitive examinations.