More than 50 employees of a testing agency in India were fired following errors on exams
India’s Ministry of Education has instructed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct an audit of the exam administration process. The decision was made amid a new wave of criticism directed at the agency following errors in the national entrance exams, according to Deutsche Welle.
The day before, the NTA canceled three national entrance exams that had already been administered due to significant errors in the test questions. These included factual and translation errors, misspelled names of prominent figures, and the repetition of questions from previous years. The agency stated that applicants will retake these exams in September.
The NTA is required to submit a report to the Ministry of Education detailing the corrective measures taken. The ministry also reported that the newly appointed Minister of Education, Pralhad Joshi, had been informed that more than 50 employees had been dismissed from the agency.
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The minister ordered strict adherence to current exam protocols. Among the directives are a complete overhaul of the architecture for confidential operations, the establishment of isolated rooms, the use of offline systems, and the implementation of procedures for handing in devices.
Following the latest glitch, opposition politicians and influential student organizations have once again called for the dissolution of the NTA. The agency also faced criticism after the cancellation of the medical entrance exam in May due to a leak of exam questions.
