Overview
- Officials say the panel is exploring conducting some entrance exams in Class 11 or aligning Class 11 exams with MCQ formats and difficulty, while analysing whether entrance tests match Class 12 curriculum levels.
- The proposals include capping coaching instruction to 2–3 hours per day to address excessive academic load and student stress.
- The committee calls for redesigning school curricula and assessments to mirror national entrance exams, with NCERT as the nodal agency and expanded use of MCQs, time-bound tests and teacher training.
- Suggested admissions changes include raising the weight of Class 12 board scores, increasing exam frequency and allowing multiple attempts for certain tests.
- The panel urges regulation of coaching centres’ advertising and disclosures, and recommends NTA share candidate-level data with IIT Kanpur for psychometric review of exam validity and reliability.