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India Plans Global Expansion of Digital Exam Framework
India’s National Testing Agency runs many important exams.
Its director said the agency first wants to make exams in India more secure and fair.
It is using computers, artificial intelligence and identity checks to stop cheating and impersonation.
Aadhaar-linked face authentication is used to verify many candidates.
Most large NTA exams are already held on computers.
NEET is still taken with paper and pen, but it may move to computers soon.
After improving its systems in India, the NTA wants to help other countries conduct exams.
The agency is especially interested in sharing ideas with BRICS countries.
Singh said countries could also learn from one another’s examination systems, including China’s Gaokao.
NTA Director General Abhishek Singh said India wants to strengthen its examination systems before sharing them internationally.
The agency is exploring AI, data analytics, biometric verification and Aadhaar-linked facial authentication to prevent fraud.
Most major NTA exams, including JEE, UGC NET, CUET and NIFT, already use computer-based testing.
NEET remains a pen-and-paper exam but is expected to move to computer-based testing soon.
Singh said the framework could eventually become a digital public good for BRICS and other international bodies.
- Who
- The National Testing Agency and its Director General Abhishek Singh.
- What
- The NTA is strengthening its domestic digital examination systems and considering eventually sharing them with other countries.
- Where
- New Delhi, India, on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit.
- When
- The plans were discussed during the 18th BRICS Summit, which the article says India hosted on September 12–13, 2026.
- Why
- To conduct examinations more fairly and securely, reduce malpractice and errors, and later provide a scalable examination framework internationally.
Key facts
- Agency
- National Testing Agency (NTA)
- Director General
- Abhishek Singh
- Domestic priority
- Strengthening examination infrastructure and processes in India
- Security tools
- Artificial intelligence, data analytics, biometric verification and Aadhaar-linked facial authentication
- Current testing format
- JEE, UGC NET, CUET and NIFT use computer-based testing
- NEET status
- NEET remains pen-and-paper but is expected to move to computer-based testing
- International ambition
- The NTA wants its framework to become a digital public good for BRICS and other global bodies
Quotes
Abhishek Singh
Director General of the National Testing Agency
“We are currently looking at the use of AI for conducting not only testing but also fraud prevention, trying to look at logs, trying to look at data, trying to look at analytics in order to ensure that examinations are conducted without any error or without any problems.”
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“Right now we are trying to consolidate our own testing framework.”
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