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National Testing Service NTS

National Testing Service (NTS)

Centre for Testing and Evaluation
Central Institute of Indian Languages
Mysore - 570 006

Managements of Schools and Colleges

Applications in the prescribed format are invited from the managements of reputed schools and colleges for designating as the Regional Field Units of the National Testing Service [NTS], India .

For the first time in India, the formulation of the NTS, meant to cater to the testing requirements of the country, has been initiated as perceived by various commissions of education and subsequently envisaged in the NPE / POA 1986, NPE RC 1990, and CABE 1992. The responsibility of implementing this vital scheme, has been entrusted to the Centre for Testing and Evaluation in view of its 2 decades of experience in producing basic reference materials and trained-manpower.

As a step in this direction, 3 Task Groups (TGs), viz., Research & Development (R & D), Survey & Documentation (S & D), and Consultancy & Training (C & T) are being created by inducting 51 personnel (academic, technical, and ministerial). The NTS is proposed to be developed with inputs drawn initially from language disciplines (Hindi, Tamil, & Urdu and subsequently the remaining scheduled languages) before extending the same to other disciplines.

The immediate focus is on the two crucial levels (standard XII and degree) out of the seven levels of general education. In order to have the NTS as a participatory movement on quality control, 60 Regional Field Units are proposed to be created across 15 States / Union Territoriesof the country. The TGs are responsible for achieving the target fixed for them by gradually associating at the rate of 6000 teachers of schools and colleges per annum.

Objectives of the NTS are:

To formulate a framework on the concept based continuum of graded syllabi for the courses in Indian languages applicable to all the seven levels of general education
To develop norms and standards for making use of them
To create a centralised mechanism comprising standardised graded tests for quality control (on a common scale) and to determine the aptitude / achievement / proficiency of any individual in the language concerned.

Applications:

To maintain inter-language comparability across the courses in Indian languages at the national level intra language comparability at the regional levels
To accredit the language courses as well as the institutions that are involved in imparting them
To decide the language competence of individual with reference to his / her minimum levels of acquisition / learning in the context of Native / Second / Foreign Language for the purposes of admission, certification, and employment
To facilitate delinking of degrees from jobs in due course.

The 60 regional field units - 20 each per language (10 each for school and college level) are proposed to be established in the following locations at the rate of 2 per region.

Region	Locations where RFUs for HINDI are preferred
1. Himachal Pradesh	Solan, Shimla, Mandi, Manali, Dharmasala, Hamirpur
2. Haryana	Panipat, Ambala, Faridabad, Gurgaon
3. Uttarkhand	Dehradun, Nainital, Haridwar
4. Delhi	Old Delhi / New Delhi
5. Rajasthan	Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur, Bikaner
6. Uttar Pradesh	Meerut, Aligarh, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Saharanpur
7. Bihar	Patna, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Saharsa
8. Jharkand	Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Danabad, Bokaro
9. Madhya Pradesh	Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Jhansi, Gwalior
10.Chattisgarh	Bilaspur, Raipur, Bastar, Bhilai

Regions	Locations where RFUs for Tamil are preferred.
1. TN-AP B1	Chennai,Tiruvallur (including AP border1)
2. TN-AP B2	Vellore,Tiruvannamalai,Kanchipuram(Chengalpattu) (including AP border 2)
3. TN-KA B1	Salem,Krishnagiri,Dharmapuri (including KA border1)
4. TN-PONDY	Vilupuram, Pondicherry, Cuddalore, Perambalur Nagappattinam, Karaikal
5. TN-KL B1	Nilgiris, Coimbatore (including KA border 1)
6. TN-KA B2	Erode, Namakkal, Karur (including KA border 2)
7. TN Ctl. E	Trichi, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Pudukkottai
8. TN Ctl. W	Dindigul, Theni, Madurai
9. TN-Old Rmd	Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram (Karaikudi), Virudunagar
10. TN-KL B2	Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Kanyakumari (including KL border 2)

Abbreviation :

TN-Tamilnadu
AP-Andhra Pradesh
KA-Karnataka
KL-Kerala
Ctl.-Central
Rmd.-Ramnad
B-Border
E-East
W-West

Regions	Locations where RFUs for URDU are preferred.
1. Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Srinagar
2. Delhi & Haryana	Old Delhi / New Delhi & Panipat, Faridabad
3. Rajasthan	Bikaner, Jaipur, Kota
4. Uttar Pradesh	Aligarh, Lucknow, Allahabad, Saharanpur
5. Bihar & Jharkhand	Patna, Dharbanga, Gaya, Purnia, Siwan & Ranchi, Jamshedpur,Dhanbad, Bokaro
6. West Bengal	Kolkata, Asansol, North 24 Paragana
7. Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh	Bhopal, Burhanpur, & Bilaspur, Raipur, Bastar, Bhilai
8. Maharashtra	Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai
9. Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad, Adilabad, Mahbubnagar
10. Karnataka	Bangalore, Gulbarga, Mysore

Note:

1. Regions and Locations indicated above are only tentative. Managements of Private, Corporate, Aided, and Government Institutions from other locations can also apply if they feel that the location of their institution is potential enough for NTS operation. Based on the interest and responses received from various Institutions, the actual locations for the field units will be finalised. 12 zonal centres - 4 per language (2 each to represent school & college levels) may also be created at a later stage from among the Regional Field Units.

2. Managements who have already applied in response to our earlier ads.need to re-confirm through a letter stating that their earlier application holds good in the light of the revised terms & conditions.

3. The decision on designating RFUs will be taken by a committee constituted for this purpose after making a personal visit to the institution and also after an interaction with the management concerned. The process will start w.e.f Oct 2007.

For operational details, terms & conditions (revised), prescribed application format, etc., please log on to www.ciil-miles.net and look for announcement. The application format may be downloaded from websites. The duly filled in application should reach the head within three weeks from the date of advertisement. Further information if any needed, please contact Professor Pon Subbiah through Email: subbiah@ciil.stpmy.soft.net or Fax : 0821-2515032.

The Head,
Centre for Testing and Evaluation,
Central Institute of Indian Languages,
Manasagangotri,
Mysore-570 006

National Testing Service (NTS)

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