Overview
- The Parliamentary Standing Committee presented its report on 8 December, finding repeated lapses in national exams and noting that at least five of 14 tests in 2024 had major problems, with January 2025 JEE Main errors forcing withdrawal of 12 questions.
- The panel said most failures were avoidable and recommended an immediate, comprehensive overhaul of NTA processes to rebuild credibility with examinees.
- It urged the NTA to deploy its Rs 448 crore surplus to build in-house testing capacity or strengthen oversight and quality control of vendors.
- The committee favored reinforced pen-and-paper safeguards modeled on CBSE and UPSC and said computer-based tests should run only in government or government-controlled centers, not private venues.
- It asked the UGC to expand consultations on draft regulations through CABE, fill the vacant chair position quickly, and strengthen proposed equity rules by explicitly covering OBC harassment and disability.