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Paper setters to receive training
News:
- The center government is planning to setup National Testing Agency.
Important Facts:
- The National Testing Agency will provide training to paper setters to frame better question papers and provide model answers.
- Presently, there is no system for paper-setter training in country.
- The creation of National Testing Agency was approved by the Union Cabinet in November 2017.
- It get a one tie grant of 25 cr. with a aim to make it financially self-sustainable.
- 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.
- 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.
