India, July 19 -- The Maharashtra government has constituted a high-level committee headed by the chief secretary to examine the feasibility of conducting in online mode all examinations held by the government. The move comes amid growing concerns about the security and transparency of offline examinations, particularly following last month's Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak.

An order to this effect was issued by the state higher and technical education department on Friday. The committee's recommendations are expected to guide the state's future policy on exams conducted by the state government.

The committee will be chaired by the chief secretary and comprises the additional chief secretary (services) of the gener...