Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh, whose party and the TMC are constituents of the opposition INDIA bloc, shared Ghose’s post

New Delhi: TMC Rajya Sabha member Sagarika Ghose has written a letter to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, asking why the website of the National Testing Agency, responsible for conducting competitive exams, lacks sufficient information about the organisation. In a post on X(previously Twitter), she tagged the letter and questioned, “Who are the board members? Who are the officials? Where can we find NTA’s annual reports?”

Why NTA Gives ‘So Little’ Info About Itself On Website, Asks TMC MP

Sharing a post on X, TMC Rajya Sabha member Sagarika Ghose said, “I have written to @EduMinOfIndia @dpradhanbjp on: why does the website of the National Testing Agency ( NTA which conducts 17 major examinations including the #NEET ) give so little information about itself? Who are all the board members ? Who are the officials ? Where are NTA’s annual reports? To win public trust for future exams NTA must provide more information about itself on its website.”

“NTA was established in 2017. In a span of 5 years it has been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting 17 different examinations. To win public trust and uphold the cause of transparency any public organization that conducts major examinations should disclose more details about itself. The website of the NTA provides little information about the organization,” Ghose in a letter said.

She asked if the government is considering updating the website of the NTA. “… so that the names of other board members and officers of the NTA, who they are, as well as annual reports of the NTA can be available to the public. “Examinations must be, above all, totally trustworthy and the agency that conducts them must be above all suspicion. Students should not have to approach the courts for redress and every examination conducted by the NTA should not be plagued by doubt and uncertainty,” she added.

“I therefore request you to urgently update the website of the NTA, with all the names of its board members and officials listed and their qualifications. The annual reports and audited accounts of the NTA should also be uploaded on the website and be available to the public. Such steps would go a long way in establishing the trustworthiness of the NTA in the eyes of the public, ” the letter further read.

I have written to @EduMinOfIndia @dpradhanbjp on: why does the website of the National Testing Agency ( NTA which conducts 17 major examinations including the #NEET ) give so little information about itself? Who are all the board members ? Who are the officials ? Where are NTA’s… pic.twitter.com/JBiwIEndXm

— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) August 3, 2024

Ghose alleged that the NTA offices list only two landline numbers and that the website provides information on just three members of its governing body.

The only job of NTA appears to be to outsource: Congress leader Slams NTA

Meanwhile, Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh, whose party and the TMC are constituents of the opposition INDIA bloc, shared Ghose’s post. “The only job of NTA appears to be to outsource. Its chairman has a very dubious record as chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission,” he posted on X.

The only job of NTA appears to be to outsource. Its Chairman has a very dubious record as Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission. https://t.co/DhBa5KDSos

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) August 3, 2024