New Delhi, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced that the UGC-NET question paper leak is an "institutional failure" of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the government has formed a high-level committee to look into its functioning and recommend reforms. Will do. Amidst the growing controversy over the cancellation of medical entrance examination NEET and UGC-NET,...

"Cancellation of UGC-NET was not a knee-jerk reaction. We found evidence that the paper was leaked on the darknet and was circulating on Telegram and we decided to cancel the exam," Pradhan said at a press conference.

"The paper leak is an institutional failure of NTA. We are assuring you that there will be a reform committee and action will be taken," he said.

"The government is going to form a high-level committee on reforms in NTA. The committee will be expected to make recommendations to further improve the NTA, its structure, functioning, examination process, transparency and data security protocols. Zero-error testing It's ours." commitment. The panel will be notified soon and will also include global experts."