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From paper leaks to policy failures: the academic cost of NTAâs bureaucracy (opens the original)
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Despite successive committees, reforms, tougher laws, security measures, and increasing use of technology, breaches and irregularities continue to haunt Indiaâs high-stakes examinations. The recurring failures suggest that the problem lies deeper than security or technology: does the examination system have the academic competence, process integrity, and institutional accountability needed to protect the examination from question setting to results? The issue is not merely how to secure an exa
NTAâs âpanic-modeâ reforms: will they prevent leaksâ or create new risks? (opens the original)
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The term âpaper leakâ extends far beyond printed papers being compromised during transportation or storage. Questions can leak much earlier through insider access, business interests, cyber vulnerabilities, and weak institutional controls. Yet NTAâs security focus remains largely on the final stageâtransportation, CCTV, biometrics, and police deployment. These measures cannot prevent leaks originating in question-setting, moderation, translation, digital systems, or insider networks. If
India needs Public Examination Reform 2.0 (opens the original)
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In 2014, while hearing a case involving major irregularities in IIT admissions, the Delhi High Court observed that the situation resembled the proverb âdarkest beneath the lamp.â IITs subsequently introduced reforms that established several transparency-oriented SOPs, many of which became de facto standards across India. (Sign up for THEdge, The Hinduâs weekly education newsletter.) Yet recurring controversies involving NEET, UGC-NET, and other public examinations suggest t
Paradox of school closures: Misfortune or a step towards holistic development? (opens the original)
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For decades, India’s school education policy pursued a simple objective: to bring a school within reach of every child. The neighborhood school became an instrument of social justice, particularly for poor and rural families. However, many such schools have limited infrastructure and serve very few students or operate with a single teacher. With education in the Concurrent List, States have adopted varying approaches to low-enrolment schools. This presents a dilemma: for a village, losing its sc
What can be done to curb âpaper leaksâ and ensure institutional accountability? (opens the original)
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NEET is one of Indiaâs highest-stakes examinations, where intense competition, immense social prestige, and the multi-crore value of a medical seat generate enormous academic, financial, and psychological pressure. Similar pressures surround other national admission, scholarship and recruitment examinations. In such an environment, paper leaks and other irregularities have repeatedly surfaced, though they are often collectively described simply as âpaper leaks.â The controversies surroundi
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