India’s examinations chief has been dismissed following accusations of irregularities in recent exams for higher education.

The exams in question are used as the gateway to studying medicine in India but have recently come under scrutiny for reasons ranging from errors in the question paper to unwarranted grace marks (compensatory marks) and fraud.

There have been calls to rerun a medical entrance test after thousands of candidates secured unusually high marks, prompting protests over alleged cheating, while the entrance test for post-graduate degrees in medicine, which was due to be held tomorrow, has been postponed.

In addition to removing the Head of the India’s National Testing Agency (NTA), Subodh Kumar Singh, government has also appointed a committee to recommend reforms in the process.