JNU to conduct own PhD entrance test from next academic session

The responsibility of conducting the PhD entrance exam was outsourced to the National Testing Agency (NTA) three years ago. 

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will start in-house entrance examinations for PhD admission from the next academic session. The university outsourced the responsibility of conducting the exam to the National Testing Agency (NTA) three years ago, Vice Chancellor Santishree D Pandit said. 

Students and teachers have been demanding that the responsibility of conducting the PhD entrance examination should be reverted to the university. The National Testing Agency (NTA) had been conducting the examination for the last three years.  

The Telegraph reported, candidates seeking admission into PhD courses had to appear in the computer-based test. Over the last year, teachers and students highlighted the problems with the NTA-led examination. Earlier this year, the JNU Teachers’ Association, in a statement, had alleged that admissions to the varsity’s PhD programmes were being administered with appalling shabbiness. 

The JNU Students’ Union had also staged a protest demanding that the academic autonomy of universities be restored and the responsibility of conducting examinations be given back to the varsity. 

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