Conducting All National Level Examinations in Scheduled Languages
(Judicial Quest News Network)
The Government has established National Testing Agency (NTA) as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for higher educational institutions in the Country. NTA has conducted major competitive exams in the following scheduled languages:
- NEET (UG) 2021 in Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil ,Telugu, Urdu & Punjabi;
- JEE (Main) 2021 in Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, and Gujarati;
- All India Sainik School Entrance Examination (AISSEE) 2021 for Class VI in Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Punjabi, Telugu & Urdu.
It has also been decided to conduct Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for Central Universities in the above-mentioned scheduled languages.
The translation of the Question Papers in NEET (UG) had been done properly, from source to target and target to source, in 12 scheduled languages.
The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. SubhasSarkar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
