The police probe into the cancellation of the UGC-NET exam and the alleged leak of the NEET-UG question paper in Bihar and Gujarat has created consternation among organizations affiliated to the BJP and the RSS, including the student wing ABVP, which said on Thursday that “ When there is a question from the people, there must be an answer from the government (when the people ask the question, the government must answer).
Stating that there is a “question mark” over the “credibility” of the National Testing Agency (NTA) that conducts these exams, ABVP national general secretary Yagi Valkya Shukla cited the failure of NEET. , told The Indian Express: “One idea is NTA's mismanagement. How is it that question papers are arriving 15-20 minutes late at some centers? How is it that 7-8 students from the same center get 100% marks?” How did 67 students get 720 marks? The credibility of NTA is questionable.
“Could it be that when the national leadership was focused elsewhere (in the Lok Sabha elections), something went wrong?” The role of NTA is in doubt. The ABVP demands that the entire incident be investigated by the CBI. The role of NTA should be investigated. Grace Marks process should be reviewed. Our delegation has already met Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in this regard.
According to Shukla, the ABVP had started an agitation on June 5. “We raised questions on the Grace Marks issue on June 6. And on June 8, we announced a nationwide agitation. The government should work to ensure transparency in examinations so that students have confidence in the system. Millions of dreams of both students and parents are associated with these exams, he said.
The ABVP has also passed a resolution in this regard in its Rashtriya Karikari Parishad (National Executive). It has also called for the formation of a separate central agency to investigate examination irregularities in the country.
The NEET and NET episodes have also created unaligned segments with the ruling party. BJP Rajya Sabha member Rakesh Sinha demanded criminalization of any nexus between paper setters and coaching institutes.
Other party MPs contacted by The Indian Express did not want to air their views in public although some expressed concern.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Sinha said, “The education sector has developed a vested interest, which is neither public nor private. A money-making industry has developed around it and this education is affecting various dimensions of the need to take corrective measures.”
“Coaching institutes need to be looked into. With exams being conducted in thousands of centres, the credentials of some exam centers are still competitive. This requires advance preparations. In exam centres, there must be external observers, and teachers. It should be made a criminal offense to organize questions related to coaching centres. The process, the people and the participants are all very important,” he said, noting that the Prime Minister's Preksha Pe Charcha programs. Encouraging students through
Academic organizations ideologically closer to the ruling party were more militant.
Suksha Bachao Andolan, founded in 2004 by Dina Nath Batra and Atul Kothari to promote “India's traditional concept of education”, has called for cancellation of NEET-UG 2024, closure of the ongoing counseling process, and A CBI inquiry into irregularities also called for the formation of a body of experts to look into the functioning of the NTA to suggest structural improvements.
The Shiksha Sanskrit Athan Nias, formed in 2007 and associated with the Shiksha Bachao Andolan, had raised questions over the functioning of the NTA formed in 2017 by the Center to conduct the examinations.
Sources in the body said there were questions on when the last NTA full board meeting was held. He also wondered how an institution that is only a few years old could conduct multiple examinations, adding that the standard operating procedures within the NTA were not clear.
Devendra Singh, National Convener of Sanskrit Athan Nias, Competitive Examinations, said, “We demand the Ministry of Education to cancel the NEET exam, probe all irregularities by the CBI and punish the culprits severely. For the overall improvement in the functioning of NTA and the conduct of examinations, a committee consisting of eminent experts should be constituted to recommend rules for the conduct of examinations and to ensure transparency, quality and integrity of the NTA. Recommend.
Ashok Kumar Yadav, BJP Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Madhubani in Bihar, said, “Certainly such incidents are a matter of concern to everyone and strict action should be taken against those involved in such wrongdoings. Every One is worried about this. No one should be allowed to play with the future of the youth. Both central and Bihar governments are worried about this. I have learned that a draft law to stop the paper leak in the next assembly session going to present
BJP MP from Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh J Prakash Rawat said that the BJP government is alert to such cases and has taken prompt action in every such incident. “There is no laziness on the part of the government. The government is taking strict measures to prevent such incidents in future,” Rawat said.
When asked for his comments on the NEET row, West Champaran MP Sanjay Jaiswal said, “The government is already working on it. Let's wait for the result.”
“This is about the future of our children and so everyone is very serious and sincere about it,” said Mahima Kumari Mewar, a BJP MLA from Rajasthan's Rajsamand.
“I am sure that whatever has happened, the government and senior members of the party have taken note of it, and whatever is right will be done because it is education and we are all connected to the students. Whatever is done It will be done in the best interest of the students,” he said.
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