NTA Exams: NTA will not be able to conduct recruitment exams, and responsibility taken away, now focus will be only on the entrance test..

NTA Exams List: The National Testing Agency is known for conducting exams like NEET, CUET, and JEE. But in the coming time, there is going to be a change in it. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has given information related to changing the workload of NTA. Now NTA will have to take the responsibility of conducting entrance tests for admission in higher education institutions, universities, and colleges. NTA will not be able to conduct a recruitment examination.

The process of implementing major changes in the National Testing Agency (NTA) has started. Till now NTA used to conduct examinations for recruitment of many posts in various departments along with entrance tests. But now this will not happen. According to the Education Minister, a decision will also be taken soon on the pattern of Medical Entrance Tests i.e. NEET- 2025. For this, talks are going on between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and meetings are also going on.

NTA Exams in 2025: About 60 lakh students will appear for NTA exam
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that 12 to 15 lakh students apply for the Engineering Entrance Test JEE Main to be held in January 2025. Almost the same number of applications come for its second phase as well. More than 23 lakh applications come for the medical NEET UG exam. Up to 15 lakh applications are also registered in UGC NET and CSIR UGC NET. A total of 60 lakh applications are expected in these entrance tests in 2025. NTA will be responsible for all these exams.

Paper Leak Case: Will tighten the noose on cheating
The Union Education Ministry is also making some guidelines for the NTA entrance test. Whatever centers will be made for the NTA entrance examinations, before finalizing them, the District Magistrate, local administration, and local police will be consulted. About 400 centers are required for computer-based tests. If the medical entrance exam is held in pen and paper mode, then about 1 thousand centers will be created. Now centers for examinations will be made in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya i.e. government institutions.

NTA Recruitment: New recruitments will be done in NTA

Many new posts are being created in NTA. New officers will be recruited for these posts. In 2025, NTA will recruit at least 10 new officers. A 3-member Higher Power Steering Committee has also been formed to monitor that NTA conducts every exam in a better way i.e. without cheating and paper leaks. Its chairmanship has also been entrusted to Prof. Radhakrishnan. He took charge of the high-level committee that prepared the blueprint for change in NTA.