This shit is so crazy. A bit of an old news but I don’t know if people outside of India caught wind of this.
The National Testing Agency (NTA), an autonomous body under India’s Ministry of Education that is responsible for holding the nationwide examinations, is at the centre of these controversies over the integrity of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), a national exam for medical aspirants held last month.
There are two NEET exams, one for undergrad and one for postgrad. The former was held but the results have been scrapped. The latter has been postponed. The postponement was announced the night before the exam.
The scale of foul play is something that I have not been able to wrap my head around mostly because I have not read the news articles about this recently. There were reports of some participants getting marks that were mathematically impossible and shit like that.
“Autonomous bodies” have become an extension of the ruling party. For example, BJP uses the Election Commision to arrest opposition leaders and freeze the funds of opposition parties. I wouldn’t be surprised if the NTA was chock full of deadbeat BJP lackeys. Truly a terrible time to be an Indian right now.
Neet and the stuff surrounding it have been volatile here for a long time. Especially undergrad one. The pg exam and further are whole different can of worms.
I have commented before about how the exams are conducted with corporate involvement. So there’s much to think about when looking for people making it through favors from sangh.
But the entrance exams in my country have been contentious for decades. Its pretty hectic. There’s a lot of self harm among students who attend them.
I’m not collected with my thoughts right now. But I’ll levae it with this : Since SAPs and massive privatization from 90s onward have been devastating. That has led to this ruin of education broadly.
I’ve been aware of the ills of education privatisation for a long time but I found out only this year about how deep the tendrils of private involvement are in exam conduction, something that requires a very long chain of trust.