Paper setters to receive training

Paper setters to receive training

News:

1. The center government is planning to setup National Testing Agency.

Important Facts:

2. The National Testing Agency will provide training to paper setters to frame better question papers and provide  model answers.
3. Presently, there is no system for paper-setter training in country.
4. The creation of National Testing Agency was approved by the Union Cabinet in November 2017.
5. It get a one tie grant of 25 cr. with a aim to make it financially self-sustainable.
6. Mandate of the National Testing Agency:

• To put in place a robust system for the conduct of examinations.
• The National Testing Agency will overtake the conduction of all  competitive examination from Central Board of Secondary Education except the 10th and 12th board examinations.

6. National Testing Agency will conduct the following competitive exams:

• Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to engineering colleges like the IITs and NITs
• National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to all medical colleges in the country, except AIIMS and JIPMER, Pondicherry.