This year education system witnessed a lot of questions being raised on its leaked examination papers to the corrupted centres, cancelled exams to the ongoing postponement or preponing of exams, to re-examination and the grace marks debacle. Editing the books, to not giving the information accordingly, the education system was nothing but a joke this year and funny enough, it’s not even a year yet, we still have 6 months to bear.
Education System since always carried its own set of flaws but were they always this bad or did we just collectively deteriorate an entire system and if yes then how exactly will it recover? With a country of a billion people, and a fast-paced economy, education is the tool to hold it all together and if the foundation is weak, the system will collapse after a while, and so will the youth and the country.
Indian Education System is a traumatic joke at this point and the joke is nothing but the students who give their lives and extensive hours, for nothing. The carelessness with which NEET UG and PG were dealt this year not only crushed thousands but also raised an important question of how valid the people who are handling these career-building examinations are.
NTA is facing extreme backlash right now from across the country and is constantly asked to answer and solve the problem that has taken the country by storm. NTA’s already falling credibility hit another rock with the cancellation of NEET PG, just 12 hours before the exam was supposed to take place.
This is the fourth big scandal that took place in the past months related to education. NEET UG exam scandal. On June 4th several students across the nation raised concerns over the irregularities in the result which took a critical turn when a huge number of students were getting 720/720, the perfect score, ranks got inflated with the sham results. Corruption in the centres, leaked papers, staff involvement, and proxy sitters, all caused a nationwide concern among the students and parents. The exam for over 1500 students was cancelled and were asked for a re-examination after the Supreme Court nullified thier grace marks.
The cancellation of the UGC-NET exam, the next day it took place, citing paper getting on the dark web and telegram platforms and exams being taken by proxy sitters, NTA was more aware but not sufficient apparently. One of the main questions is why was the exam in paper/pen format this year when it was discontinued in 2016 already. Knowing this pattern holds a higher risk of unfair practices getting involved. Secondly, the way Assistant professors are being appointed across all central universities (DU, JNU), placing political affiliation with the ruling party above academic achievements and merit. Higher education is in a much deeper rot than reported.
In the NCERT textbooks of class 12th, the incident of demolition of the Babri masjid conflict was edited and is now significantly shorter, and also reformed as ‘a three-domed structure’ built at the site of Shri Ram. The history books are being edited, this isn’t the first time such an incident took place before civics books also saw unfair and illogical editing of content to fit a certain narrative.
And the latest, the cancellation of the NEET PG exam, 12 hours before it was supposed to take place, reignited the conversation for good. Some students have travelled extensively to appear for the exam, and parents have taken huge loans for education. These exams affect the lives, mental health and future of the students and equally of their families. All these students are asking is a better authority who takes these exams as seriously as they’re taking their preparations.
These aren’t the only instances noticed, these are just the ones highlighted, admit card scams in CUET, wrong centres, proxy, and fake admissions. All of it already took place and now with CUET results on the brink and NTA losing all its credibility, parents and students are concerned about the results that’ll get their kids to move further. As much as it hurts to say this, but high chance we’ll see yet another incident in a few days.
The officials need to figure out a way to stand their ground again. Education policies and systems in our country need a rebranding, that focuses on the students and its development. It needs better planning and execution, risking all future and careers of the aspirants in a country that holds so much potential is nothing but an utter shame and failure for everyone.
