The National Testing Agency (NTA) is set to transition the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) to a computer-based format in the near future. Abhishek Singh, the NTA’s director general, emphasized that this shift represents the direction of future examinations.
Every country faces this challenge. It’s not that examinations are conducted only in India; examinations are conducted globally. “A lot has been heard about how they shut down whole cities and conduct the examination. So, every examination will require generation of question papers,” the NTA official stated. He added that there were areas of discussion and collaboration between the BRICS countries in terms of examinations.
When asked about how BRICS countries can collaborate on securing question paper technology, Singh said, “There are multiple ways. He highlighted China’s pen-and-paper examination Gaokao, saying “a lot was heard” about it. Singh said that the NTA was also looking at the use of artificial intelligence not just for testing but also to prevent fraud. “Not with the BRICS partners, but we are currently looking at use of AI for conducting not only testing but also fraud prevention, trying to look at logs, trying to look at data, trying to look at analytics in order to ensure that the examinations are conducted without any error or without any problems,” he told ANI.
