CIC asks to bring NET exam papers in public domain

New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the CSIR to bring NET examination papers of previous years, kept under wraps till now, in public domain to improve the overall processes of administering and undertaking of exams in the country.

Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi in his hard hitting order had asked CSIR to provide the information free of cost to the appellant before April 25.

Refuting the CSIRs contention that if question papers are in public domain the scientific interest of the State will be affected, the CIC said, transparency will only improve all institution and processes.

Disallowing the Council of Scientific and Industrial Researchs (CSIR) contention that disclosing the examination papers would expose the CSIR examinations system, the CIC in its order said, if a student can really master all fundamentals of the Science and Technology portion, no exam system can really want to test anything else.

The CIC also dismissed CSIRs stand that there is a limited scope of framing questions as the basic concept and their interpretation are established facts.

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