NEET gets messy
A deep dive into what went wrong with entrance exams like NEET this year and how it affected the ambitions of millions of studentsA protest by students’ organisations in Hyderabad, Jun. 18; (Photo: ANI)
There seems to be no end to the troubles at the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts major entrance examinations in the country and holds the fate of millions of students in its hands. Over three million have been left hanging with the controversies surrounding two big examinations—the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET-UG, the gateway for admissions to medical courses in India, and the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET), the key qualification for those hoping to find teaching jobs in colleges or to get ...