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Centre Seeks Public Suggestions for Secure, Transparent Exam Reforms
The Government of India wants to improve public examinations.
It has created a High-Powered Task Force led by Nandan Nilekani.
The task force is asking students, parents, teachers, experts, and other groups for ideas.
People can suggest ways to make exams safer and prevent cheating.
They can also comment on exam design, technology, buildings, and complaint systems.
The task force wants exams to be easier to access for people from different backgrounds and regions.
It is also considering students’ well-being during exams.
Suggestions can be sent in several languages using the website, phone, WhatsApp, or email.
People must send their suggestions by September 13, 2026.
The Government of India’s High-Powered Task Force, chaired by Nandan Nilekani, is seeking ideas to reform public examinations, including National Testing Agency exams.
Suggestions may address exam security, design, assessment, governance, technology, infrastructure, inclusion, transparency, and student well-being.
Students, parents, teachers, academic institutions, experts, testing bodies, industry, civil society, and other stakeholders can participate.
Feedback can be submitted through the official website, phone, WhatsApp, or email in English, Hindi, or regional languages.
The submission deadline is September 13, 2026, and the feedback will help the task force prepare recommendations for the Government of India.
- Who
- The High-Powered Task Force, chaired by Nandan Nilekani, is consulting students, parents, teachers, experts, institutions, testing bodies, industry, civil society, and other stakeholders.
- What
- The task force is inviting suggestions for comprehensive reforms to make public examinations more secure, transparent, equitable, and future-ready.
- Where
- Suggestions can be submitted through examreforms-taskforce.dopt.gov.in, by phone, WhatsApp, or email.
- When
- Suggestions must be submitted by September 13, 2026.
- Why
- The feedback will help the task force formulate recommendations to the Government of India on examination reforms.
Key facts
- Task force
- High-Powered Task Force chaired by Nandan Nilekani
- Examinations covered
- Public examinations, including those conducted by the National Testing Agency
- Submission deadline
- September 13, 2026
- Languages accepted
- English, Hindi, and regional languages
- Phone
- 1800-180-4747
- Send “hptf” to +91 78270 42830
- [email protected]
- Official website
- examreforms-taskforce.dopt.gov.in
Quotes
National Testing Agency
India’s examination agency that shared the consultation notice on its official social media account
“The High-Powered Task Force on Reforms in Public Examinations wants to hear from students, parents, teachers, every citizen.”
NDTV
Official feedback portal
The government feedback portal for submissions to the examination-reforms task force
“The inputs received through this consultation will assist the High-Powered Task Force in developing recommendations.”
NDTV
Sources
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