New Delhi: An important hearing was held in the Supreme Magistrate on Wednesday regarding the reform of NEET-UG viewing system and National Testing Agency (NTA). The inside government told the magistrate that the security system now in place for conducting the medical archway viewing is monitored at many levels, from preparing the question paper to delivering it to the viewing centre. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, seeming for the government, described the existing system as 'foolproof' and said that it is very difficult to unravel into it.
What has been reverted in the process of preparing question paper?
The government told the magistrate that the help of many moderators is taken to prepare the question papers of NEET. Each moderator is asked to prepare a variegated set of questions. The special thing is that plane the question preparers do not know which questions will be included in the final examination. In this way, an effort has been made to reduce the possibility of leaks plane surpassing the question paper is prepared.
How is the final question paper selected?
According to the Centre, variegated moderators prepare four question papers. Out of these, two sets are selected for the viewing and the final selection takes place at the level of Director General of NTA. Its purpose is that no one involved in the process of preparing the question paper should know in whop which paper the students are going to face.
How is the security once you reach the printing press?
The government said that the selected question papers are sent to two variegated printing presses in sealed envelopes. There is CCTV surveillance and CISF security. During printing, entry of outsiders is prohibited and the unshortened process is videographed. The government claims that plane the person working in the printing printing does not know the question paper of which exam he is preparing.
What arrangements are there to alimony the viewing papers unscratched in transit?
The Supreme Magistrate was told that GPS is installed in the vehicles delivering question papers. With this, the worriedness of the vehicle can be continuously monitored and plane its smallest movements are recorded. The government described this as one of the major steps taken for the security of the question paper.
Then why did the Supreme Magistrate ask for answers from NTA?
Despite the Centre's claims regarding security arrangements, the Supreme Magistrate has sought information from the NTA well-nigh the steps taken on viewing reforms. The magistrate has been asked to file a new testimony on the progress made in implementing the recommendations of Radhakrishnan Committee and Nandan Nilekani Committee. The court's accent is that the reforms should not be limited to papers only, but they should be made a permanent part of the viewing system.
What is the role of Radhakrishnan and Nilekani committees?
Radhakrishnan Committee was worked to modernize the viewing system without the irregularities that had come to light older in NEET. This committee had given suggestions related to changes in the viewing process, data security and functioning of NTA. Apart from this, a high-level committee was moreover worked under the chairmanship of Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, whose objective was to work on technical and structural reforms in the viewing system.
What concerns did the magistrate express regarding the viewing system?
The Supreme Magistrate said during the hearing that there is a need to institutionalise the viewing reforms. The indication of the court's scuttlebutt was that despite having a strong system on paper, a problem welling during an viewing can raise questions on the unshortened system. Therefore, it is necessary to make reforms a part of the permanent system.
Will the old system in NEET be completely changed?
At present it cannot be said that the unshortened system of viewing has been changed. The centre has informed the magistrate well-nigh the security measures taken in the existing system, while the NTA has to requite a detailed worth of the steps taken on the recommendations of the committees. In such a situation, it will wilt well-spoken in the remoter hearing which reforms in the viewing system have been implemented permanently and which changes are still in the works.
