New Delhi, Ridhima Bansal came out of her NEET-UG centre on a sweltering May afternoon glowing with joy, confident of having cracked her medical entrance examination after months of gruelling preparation.
Noting that the government and the NTA have introduced several reform measures, he said the long-term solution is continuous risk assessment, fewer people handling confidential material, digital traceability and independent checks at every stage. From medical and engineering entrance tests to university admissions, the NTA has become a central part of India’s exam system, but questions over its capacity, security mechanisms and centralised structure have thrown its capability to shoulder the responsibility it was entrusted with under the scanner. Surajit Mazumdar, professor of economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University , offered a different take, saying several exams under one agency create greater incentives for those involved in paper leaks.
AISA president Neha Bora, the student leader who became a key face of the protest at the Jantar Mantar, said the published mandate of the NTA and its very structure are in glaring contradiction to one another.
