India, March 26 -- A Parliamentary standing committee on Wednesday raised concerns about the National Testing Agency (NTA)'s performance, noting that five out of 14 exams it conducted in 2024 faced irregularities, and recommended the agency to strengthen its testing capabilities using corpus amount and compile a nationwide list of blacklisted firms involved in paper setting, administration, and correction to prevent compromised service providers from obtaining contracts.

The Parliamentary standing committee on education, women, children, youth and sports in its 2025-26 demand for grants report for the department of higher education has also raised concerns over suitability of Common University Entrance Test (CUET) exam for humanities and...