NEET admission 2025 exam is done online? Here’s what a high-level panel suggests

To combat malpractices and enhance the security and efficiency of national entrance exams, a committee led by former ISRO chief K. Radhakrishnan has proposed several reforms, including moving exams to an online or hybrid format.

The committee was formed in response to public outrage following a paper leak in the NEET-UG entrance exam earlier this year, which sparked widespread student protests against the National Testing Agency (NTA), responsible for conducting these exams.

For future exams, the committee has recommended a hybrid model where possible, where the question paper can be accessed digitally while the answers are written on paper. Specifically for medical entrance examinations, the panel has suggested introducing a multi-stage examination process. For the Common University Entrance Test (CUET), it recommended limiting the choice of subjects to avoid redundancy for candidates who have already taken exams.

The committee also proposed structural reforms within the NTA, including hiring additional permanent staff.

The panel, which was established by the government in July, aims to ensure that exams conducted by the NTA are transparent, smooth and fair. On October 21, the Center requested the Supreme Court for two additional weeks to submit the panel’s final report.

Other panelists include former AIIMS Delhi director Randeep Guleria, Central University of Hyderabad vice chancellor BJ Rao, IIT Madras professor emeritus K Ramamurthy, People Strong co-founder and Karmayogi Bharat board member Pankaj Bansal, IIT Delhi dean of student affairs Aditya Mittal, and MoE joint secretary Govind Jaiswal. Amey Karkare of IIT Kanpur, professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and assistant professor Debapriya Roy were also included as members.