With the increase in the number of exam centers, NTA will be able to accommodate up to 20,000 candidates per shift. The NTA has written to vice-chancellors of all universities in the country and has requested space to set up exam centres for online or computer-based tests (CBT) examinations.
NTA to establish exam centers in over 600 districts to accommodate 20,000 students per shift
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced that it is planning to establish exam centers in more than 600 districts, each of which will have a minimum of 250 seats. With the increase in the number of exam centers, NTA will be able to accommodate up to 20,000 candidates per shift. The NTA has written to vice-chancellors of all universities in the country and has requested space to set up exam centres for online or computer-based tests (CBT) examinations.
In a letter, the NTA requested the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to access the availability of a closed space area of at least 6,500 square feet on their campus. The space will be used for the provision of new IT infrastructure by the NTA to hold the exams.
"The exam centres will be constructed with a revenue-sharing model where the institutions will not be required to pay anything accept making available a dedicated closed space," the NTA said in a statement.
While speaking about the initiative and its benefits, NTA further directed the HEIs that the infrastructures developed for exam centres can also be used to conduct ICT-based vocational education courses or programmes and to offer targeted training in low-expertise tasks for supporting the Al value chain, such as data annotation, image classification, speech transcription, and many others.
The NTA said in a letter, "This initiative will assist NTA in achieving the goal of conducting examination across India in a standardized environment and without any scope of malpractice."
"This initiative will create future-ready IT-enabled standardized online examination centres. NTA requested HEIs to convey their acceptance to create infrastructure for the centres and submit it to the NTA director by July 10," NTA added.
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