K Radhakrishnan committee - NEET irregularities
Committee
the committee constituted by the Centre to look into the NEET irregularities and suggest exam reforms under the chairmanship of former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Radhakrishnan.
Other members are Subrahmanyam, former IIT Jodhpur director Prem Kalra and retired IAS officer and former chairman of Coal India Limited Sutirtha Bhattacharya
Alternative
Eight quarterly tests and two internships spread over classes 11 and 12 and a centralised entrance exam
Criteria to be given weightage
academic performance, social and professional aptitude, and an exit exam that tests overall knowledge, with an weightage of 40:40:20
Aim
the Continuous Assessment System for Admission will bring the “focus back on school education and school systems
Use of tech
proctoring the online tests using Artificial Intelligence-based fraud detection systems.
Social and professional aptitude
suggested doing this through two six-week internships at any of select institutes such as Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology, Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research or non-government organisations or industries connected with a subject of interest or study as a way to check the domain aptitude of the students.
mandatory National Service Scheme/National Cadet Corps programmes to check the social aptitude of the students.
The schools will evaluate and give marks to the students based on their handwritten reports about what they learned from their internships. For transparency, the school websites should display the marks.
Final exam
should be conducted online, at least twice a year, allowing the students to choose the best score for the final reckoning.
Tie breaker
The tie-breaker should be the marks obtained in the summative assessment
no student should be denied admission at the bottom of merit because of a tie-breaker. This can be done by creating supernumerary seats if needed
Time frame
suggested the continuous assessment system can start from 2024-25. The first intake of candidates using this system could be in the 2026-27 admission season.
