NET paper leak institutional failure of NTA, govt to form high-level panel to bring reforms: Pradhan

new delhi: question paper leak of ugc-net is an "institutional failure" of national testing agency (nta) and the government will set up a high-level committee to look into its functioning and recommend reforms, union education minister dharmendra pradhan announced on thursday amid a raging row over medical entrance exam neet and cancellation of ugc-net. "the cancellation of ugc-net was not a knee-jerk reaction. we got proofs that the paper had leaked on darknet and was circulating on telegram and 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 regarding reforms in nta. the committee will be expected to make recommendations to further improve nta, its structure, functioning, examination process, transparency and data security protocols. zero-error testing is our commitment. the panel will be notified soon, it will also have global experts," he added.