Overview
- The NTA on Thursday issued two Expressions of Interest to build a pre-verified pool of independent observers and to empanel exam venues for national tests.
- Observer applications are sought in three categories: retired central and state government officers, retired armed forces and paramilitary personnel, and retired or serving government teachers and professors.
- The EOI names the Observer as the NTA’s own representative at each centre who reports directly to the agency rather than to city coordinators or centre superintendents.
- For centres the NTA set clear technical thresholds, requiring 285 fully functional workstations per CBT shift (with limited exceptions) and at least 250 seats per PPT shift plus hall and lab configuration rules.
- Officials present the EOIs as an immediate operational fix to restore confidence after the NEET-UG paper leak and the resignation of the education minister while the Nilekani panel completes its report.