ENOUGH ISENOUGH

SFI's Demands

• Dharmendra Pradhan Must Resign.
• Scrap the National Testing Agency (NTA).
• Decentralise Examinations.
• Cancel OSM evaluation in CBSE examinations.
• Conduct an Independent Judicial Probe in NEET Scam.
• Punish All Culprits, Even If They Are BJP Leaders.
• Provide Fair Compensation to the Affected Students.

Paper Leaks

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been perceived as a National Torturing Agency by crores of students across the nation today as they record 89 paper leaks and 48 re-examinations in the last 10 years. The NEET-UG paper leak, NET paper leak and other similar incidents concerning NTA has exposed a huge crack in the higher education system that is engineered by the ruling class and their bureaucratic associates. The undeclared intent of education only for the rich, strongly implied by the NEP 2020, facilitated by the loose security structure of the National Testing Agency and lack of accountability, allowing the betrayal of lakhs of students across the nation is evident through the mishaps like paper leaks.

Institutional Failures

Pursuing higher education, especially professional courses often demands expert guidance and decent infrastructural facilities. The coaching centres have capitalised the situations and have transformed themselves into coaching mafias, exploiting the aspirants financially, physically and mentally, isolating the students from marginalised background from higher education. Further, the social disparities widen due to this structural isolation.

Rights Violation

While the education sector of India is handled in the most unscientific and irresponsible manner possible by Dharmendra Pradhan and PM Modi, the voice of dissent is suppressed. The colleges and universities across the nation are under the shadow of the Modi regime's political scrutiny, unleashing violence and systematic "disciplinary" actions against the students who raise their voice. The students protesting against the irregularities in conducting national examinations were largely labelled as anti-nationals, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis by the government.

No Accountability

Dharmendra Pradhan, Narendra Modi and their government is notorious for escaping accountability for the current state of higher education in India. The recent paper leak of NEET-UG examination has been a life wrecking event for a huge number of students across the nation. Yet, the Modi government refuses to carry out a structural reformation of testing agencies and unbiased probes into the incidents, as demanded by student organisations including SFI. This highlights the role of the ruling class as directed accomplice to the mishaps and their reluctance in delving into the issue that could possibly hold them accountable. After all, Dinesh Biwal who is the office bearer of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (Youth organisation of BJP) was caught by the CBI in connection with the NEET paper leak racket!

Exam Mismanagement

Examinations to prestigious institutions of National relevance have become a total fiasco under the Modi government. Frequent occurrences of paper leaks, inefficiency in carrying out exams due to the engagement of untrained staff appointed through outsourcing and corruption has become the defining feature of the National Testing Agency. After the NEET-UG paper leak issue, the CBSE dominated the examination mismanagement stunt through irregularities in evaluation, casually handling the evaluation process online that evidently mismatched with the answer sheets. Dharmendra Pradhan, who is committed to the agenda of centralisation and commercialization of education under this regime is directly responsible for the mismanagement of national examinations.