College entrance system needs an overhaul of the exam, not just the agency

The reforms proposed for the monster examinations, JEE and NEET, which take several students' lives every year don't go far enough

Last week, the government announced the setting up of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and a change in the structure of the three monster examinations that decide the future of lakhs of students and teachers in the country every year. That sounds like a good step to me for a host of reasons. One, some kind of testing agency is desperately needed for sure. I suspect the CBSE has been running these tests since there was no one else to do it till now. 

The board that has been conducting these tests already has plenty on its plate — paper