NTA to discontinue conducting recruitment exams from next session
National Testing Agency will discontinue conducting all the recruitment exams from the next session. The authorities will focus on conducting higher education entrance exams only said Union Education Miniter Dharmendra Pradhan. The National Testing Agency will be reconstituted next year. As pet the suggestions from the expert committee, many changes will be made to the exam pattern and other parameters.
NTA Exam Updates: The National Testing Agency will continue conducting recruitment exams from next session. The authorities will focus on conducting higher education exams said Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. There are many other recommendations suggested by the expert committee for NTA reforms. The move came after many reports of paper leak earlier this year including many loopholes in the system.
The minister stated that NTA will be responsible to all the higher education exams. No recruitment exam will be conducted by NTA. Additionally, there are suggestions to shift NEET UG exam from pen and paper mode to computer-based exam. This came after the reports of NEET paper leak and questions raised on the integrity of National Testing Agency. The proposal is also discussed with the Health Ministry to shift the exam from offline to online mode. Pradhan also mentioned that CUET UG exam will be conducted annually with fresh changes introduced this year. NTA has reduced the number of subject domains from 29 to 23. NTA has also reduced the number of subjects from 63 to 37 this year.
The minister also mentioned regarding the introduction of new posts in NTA for smooth functioning. The aim is to create a safe ecosystem for exam conducted by NTA.
The National Testing Agency has already concluded the JEE Main 2025 registrations for phase 1. Applicants who have registered for the exam will be issued JEE Main 2025 admit card tentatively in the last week of January. NEET 2025 exam date is expected to be released in January. Applicants are advised to keep track of NTA official website 2025 to keep track of all the important events related to the exam.
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NTA releases JEE Main 2025 Session 2 Exam city intimation slip in March. JEE Main Session 2 City Intimation Slip 2025 is available for download on the JEE Main official website jeemain.nta.nic.in. To download the JEE Mains exam city intimation slip, candidates need to login on the website using their application number and date of birth. The exam city slip will have details of city in which the test centre of candidate is located and the date of exam. The JEE Mains exam city slip 2025 session 1 was released on January 10.
JEE Main city intimation slip 2026 will be available on the NTA official website jeemain.nta.ac.in tentatively in the third week of January for the session 1 exam. JEE Mains City slip have details about the JEE Main exam city in which the candidate is allotted the centre to appear in the exam and the date of exam. It helps candidates to plan their travel to the JEE Main exam centre in advance. JEE Main city intimation slip is different from the admit card.
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