NTA an agency in need of a thorough examination

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Student organizations protestation successful New Delhi implicit NEET insubstantial leak and exam postponement. | Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar/The Hindu

On May 3, 2026, twenty-two lakh seventy-nine 1000 students sat for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate). Nine days later, the introspection was scrapped. Investigators from the Rajasthan Special Operations Group had recovered a handwritten “guess paper” — reportedly sold astatine Rs. 5 lakh per transcript — successful which astir each Biology and Chemistry questions matched the existent NEET paper. The Central Bureau of Investigation has been brought in. The National Testing Agency (NTA), having spent the preceding fortnight assuring students that “full information protocol” had been observed, has promised a re-examination.

The series is, by now, ritualised. So, regrettably, is the cause.

Published - May 15, 2026 08:30 americium IST

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