India, Aug. 17 -- The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been directed to conduct a thorough audit of all exam processes and submit a report on the corrective action taken, the Union education ministry said on Monday.

The development came a day after the agency cancelled the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) exams for English, commerce and sociology following a raft of factual, typographical and translation errors in the question papers. Two months ago, the premier testing agency scrapped the May 3 NEET-UG examination after a paper leak.

The order to the NTA was issued at a meeting chaired by Union education minister Pralhad Joshi.

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