Synopsis
A high-powered task force seeks public suggestions for reforms to India’s examination system. The panel is examining ways to strengthen institutional mechanisms and safeguard examination integrity. It aims to create a robust, secure, and transparent examination system for all. Suggestions are invited from students, parents, teachers, and civil society organizations. The task force will use these inputs to formulate recommendations for the government.
A high-powered task force seeks public suggestions for reforms to India’s examination system. The panel is examining ways to strengthen institutional mechanisms and safeguard examination integrity. A high-powered task force set up by the Centre amid student protests over alleged paper leaks has invited public suggestions on sweeping reforms to India’s public examination system, including measures to strengthen accountability and institutional mechanisms.
The six-member High-Powered Task Force (HPTF), chaired by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, was constituted by the government in July to examine and recommend reforms covering the conduct, security, design and governance of public examinations, particularly those conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
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In a statement on Friday, the Union Ministry of Personnel said the panel is examining ways to strengthen institutional systems, safeguard examination integrity, deploy technology effectively, improve infrastructure, enhance accessibility and protect student well-being.
The broader objective is to create a public examination system that is “robust, secure, transparent, equitable and future-ready”, the ministry said.
Seeking inputs from those directly involved in the examination process, the task force said it considers it “extremely useful to benefit from the experience, knowledge and perspectives of all the stakeholders”.
Suggestions have been invited from students, parents, teachers, educat
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