The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) on Saturday called for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests.The “increased centralisation” at the hands of the National Testing Agency (NTA) is the reason behind the “recurring catastrophe surrounding all examinations”, it said, referring to the cancellation of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and technical difficulties in Common University Entrance Test. The NTA, established in 2018 by the Ministry of Education, was “brazenly entrusted with the future of crores of students” for conducting exams that replaced universities’ own entrance tests, which has been a “recipe for disaster,” it said.“We reiterate that the NTA must be immediately scrapped to save the autonomy of public universities and Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan must immediately resign to save the integrity of education system in India,” read a statement issued by the JNUTA. Published - June 07, 2026 12:45 am IST