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National Testing Service
National Testing Service - Pakistan (NTS) is an organization in Pakistan that administers academic performance evaluation tests. It is similar to Educational Testing Service (ETS) in the United States. NTS offers two main types of tests, the ''National Aptitude Test'' (NAT) and the ''Graduate Assessment Test'' (GAT). NAT is aimed at students seeking admission to colleges and universities. GAT is aimed at graduates seeking admission to postgraduate education. NTS exams are also used to determine qualifications of students seeking advanced study abroad.〔Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Education. (2 May 2006). (Cuba to sponsor 1000 Pakistani students for medical studies ). Ministry of Education, Pakistan; official website. Accessed 10 January 2008.〕
NTS is a Member of the International Association for Educational Assessment, USA ((IAEA )).It is also recognized by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan ((HEC )). The NTS was developed to ensure quality educational standards in Pakistan and to "provide a national scale for comparative grading between institutes",〔Atta-ur-Rahman, Federal Minister for Science and Technology. (8 September 2001) (IT – a great opportunity ). Government of Sindh, official website. Accessed 10 January 2008.〕 consolidating examination boards under one administrating body.〔(Revolutionary steps get nod for educational regime ). Pakistan Observer. (9 August 2007) Accessed 10 January 2008.〕 According to Shahid Siddiqui, director of The Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Lahore School of Economics, tests implemented prior to the development of the NTS were criticized as not accommodating socio-cultural differences, resulting in a need for "an indigenous testing service that should design and develop testing materials within an indigenous context".〔Siddiqui, Shahid. (1 October 2007). (Assessing assessment ). The International News. Accessed 10 January 2008.〕 Prominent Pakistani institutions like COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) and Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE) have made it compulsory for students seeking admission to have cleared tests conducted by NTS.〔(CASE Admissions )〕〔(BZU Admissions )〕
==History==
Controversy erupted in 2007 following the mandating of NTS testing, first announced by Khalid Maqbool, Governor of Punjab, with regards to admission to universities and later set aside by the government unless the laws regarding university admission were amended.〔(Entry test of public universities through NTS: Governor ) Associated Press of Pakistan. Accessed 10 January 2008.〕〔Khattak, Khalid. (28 May 2007) (To test or not to test—that is the question ). Daily Times. Accessed 10 January 2008.〕 Criticism included allegations that the services were inconvenient to access and prohibitively expensive to economically challenged students.〔〔(Punjab University Academic Staff Association(PUASA) slams entry tests ) Interface, Pakistan. Accessed 10 January 2008.〕 Maqbool called for input from the vice-chancellors of Punjab's public universities on 4 June.〔(NTS still in dark about entrance test in Punjab ). Interface, Pakistan. Accessed 10 January 2008.〕 That year, each university department was permitted to set its own entrance requirements, with six of 64 departments at Punjab University electing to utilize tests from NTS.〔(36 PU departments hold entry tests ). Interface, Pakistan. Accessed 10 January 2008.〕〔(Admission controversies ). Interface, Pakistan. Accessed 10 January 2008.〕 In October 2007, the vice-chancellor of Punjab University, Muhammad Arif Butt, endorsed the use of NTS testing in all departments of the university.〔('PU all for entrance test through NTS' ) Interface, Pakistan. Accessed 10 January 2008.〕 NTS director Dr. Haroon Rasheed said that no tuition centres are associated with the service and NTS exams will not be out of course.〔(NTS exam will not be out of course ). Daily Times, Accessed 11 January 2008.〕
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