All CBSE Entrance Exams (UGC NET, JEE, NEET, CTET) in 2018 Will Be Conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA)
A specialised agency may conduct entrance exam for admission to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), other engineering colleges and UGC-NET and a platform will be launched next month to offer up to 2,000 courses online, Union human resource development minister Prakash Javadekar said.
He said the National Testing Agency (NTA), announced in the Union budget, may conduct various exams currently held by an “overburdened” CBSE. It is not the task of the CBSE to conduct these exams, the minister said.
The National Testing Agency may also free up IITs and AICTE that currently conduct exams for admission to engineering colleges in India. “The outline of the agency’s structure will be prepared shortly,” officials said.
Also, Javadekar said, the government will next month launch the ‘Swayam-MOOCS’ platform on which up to 2,000 new courses will be offered online. He said the Massive Online Open Courses platform is for “anytime and anywhere learning” and credit framework for it is being developed.
An outreach awareness programme for Swayam and DTH channels will be prepared to make them more acceptable to stakeholders, officials said. They said MOOCS will be blended with open and distance learning (ODL) system for better communication and learning structures as a platform of the future.
As per the guidelines of the Union Cabinet, CBSE will now conduct only board examinations for class 10 and 12. The other five entrance examinations of CBSE including National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET), Joint Engineering Entrance (JEE), University Grants Commission (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET), tests of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET). Now all these five entrance tests will be handed over to the NTA who will take charge of conducting them.
NTA will initially begin conducting these five entrance examinations and would gradually take over all other all India level entrance and admission examination as per the roadmap set by the Union cabinet. The NTA conducted CBSE 2018 entrance examinations across India will now be conducted online and that too at least twice in a year so that a large number of students can appear for the test and can get equal opportunity. Not only this, all the students residing in the rural and semi-urban areas will have the facility of getting centres at their nearby sub-districts.
More about NTA & other entrance exams that it will take over soon
National Testing Agency (NTA) was established as a self-sustaining and autonomous body to conduct all sorts of entrance tests in India required seeking admission once the schooling is over. The thumbs up that NTA has got from the Union cabinet for conducting all five entrance examinations in 2018 that are till date conducted by CBSE, will benefit over 4 million students who seek admission in India’s well reputed and prestigious colleges. NTA is also guided to take over other prestigious all India level entrance exams over the period of time soon including IITs, AICTE and IIMs.
The decision was taken by the Union cabinet to relieve CBSE from conducting all the entrance examinations 2018 and help focus on the core board examination of class 10 and 12.
