Centre's panel on exam reforms mulls reduced outsourcing, online exams

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Minimising outsourcing of staff and exam centres, holding maximum entrance exams online and capping the number of attempts in major entrances are among the measures being contemplated by a high-level panel set up by the Centre to review functioning of National Testing Agency (NTA).

Several recommendations are being made to streamline the functioning of NTA and the conduct of major entrance exams in the country," a source said.

The Centre had on October 21 sought two weeks time from the Supreme Court to submit the final report of the panel led by former ISRO chief R Radhakrishnan.

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