National Testing Agency for higher education entrance: Arun Jaitley

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday announced setting up an autonomous National Testing Agency for conducting entrance exams to higher education institutions.

"We propose to set up a National Testing Agency as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing agency to conduct all entrance exams to higher education," Jaitley said presenting the Union Budget 2017-18 in the Lok Sabha.

"This would free the Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE) and the All India Council for Technical Education from administrative responsibility, so that they can focus more on academics," he added.