National Testing Service

{{Short description|Academic testing service in Pakistan}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox company

| name = National Testing Service

| logo = National Testing Service (NTS) Pakistan logo.png

| image = National Testing Service (NTS) Pakistan headquarters building.jpg

| image_caption = NTS head office, Islamabad, Pakistan

| native_name = نیشنل ٹیسٹنگ سروس

| native_name_lang = ur

| type = Public

| foundation = {{Start date and age|2006}}

| hq_location = Plot 96, Street 4, H-8/1, Islamabad

| locations =

| key_people = Tahir Aqeel (CEO)

| products = {{unbulleted list|Graduate Assessment Test - General|Graduate Assessment Test - Subject|Law Graduate Assessment Test|National Aptitude Test|National Teachers Database Program|Medical Representatives Certification Program}}

| services = Standardized testing

| num_employees =

| parent =

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| subsid =

| homepage = {{url|nts.org.pk}}

| footnotes =

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National Testing Service - Pakistan (NTS) is a nonprofit organization in Pakistan that administers academic performance evaluation tests. It is a member of the International Association for Educational Assessment and the Higher Education Commission.

NTS offers two main types of tests, the National Aptitude Test (NAT) and the Graduate Assessment Test (GAT).Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Education. (2 May 2006). [http://www.moe.gov.pk/mediacell.htm Cuba to sponsor 1000 Pakistani students for medical studies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105215406/http://www.moe.gov.pk/mediacell.htm |date=5 January 2007 }}. Ministry of Education, Pakistan; official website. Accessed 10 January 2008.

NTS was formed 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) [http://www.sindh.gov.pk/interviews_discussion/it_great_opportunity.htm IT – a great opportunity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203031230/http://www.sindh.gov.pk/interviews_discussion/it_great_opportunity.htm |date=3 December 2007 }}. Government of Sindh, official website. Accessed 10 January 2008. consolidating examination boards under one administrating body.[http://pakobserver.net/200708/09/news/islamabad06.asp Revolutionary steps get nod for educational regime]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Pakistan Observer. (9 August 2007) Accessed 10 January 2008. 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). [http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=74210 Assessing assessment]. The International News. Accessed 10 January 2008.