NEET, CUET UG Exam Payment Delays Raise Concerns Nationwide
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has paid the remuneration to examination functionaries engaged in conducting different examinations as per the rates, the union education ministry informed Lok Sabha on Monday, the start of the winter session of parliament. According to the ministry, the delay in settlement was due to the late submission of bills and claims by the functionaries.
Singh from CPI-ML (L) (Communist Party of India Marxist Leninist Liberation asked four sets of questions to the ministry and wanted to know whether the NTA had failed to provide the due compensation to the schools, exam coordinators including principals, staff, and others for organizing CUET and NEET exams, despite the NTA making a profit of Rs 449.21 crore over six years. Singh wanted to know the reasons for the funds not being disbursed, whether the government had received any complaints in this regar,d and what steps were taken by NTA to ensure timely payment of dues.
The minister of state for education, Sukanta Majumdar said, “NTA has informed that remuneration to examination functionaries engaged for conducting different examinations is paid as per the remuneration rates mentioned in the examination guidelines issued by NTA. An advance amount is given to meet expenses related to the arrangement of conducting large-scale pen and paper examinations. The remaining amount is disbursed, subject to settlement of bills/claims submitted by institution/examination functionaries.”
“Delay in settlement of claims in certain cases is due to late submission of bills/claims or non-submission of supporting documents. Complaints/Grievances received for non-payment are addressed by NTA in a time-bound manner.”, he added.
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