INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
It is evident that only a particular class of students are privileged enough to have access to resources during the
times of COVID while others have no choice but to watch from the sidelines
In the first week of July, the National Testing
and National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET)
The plea alleged that authorities ignored the plight of lakhs of students from Bihar, Assam and northeastern states reeling under floods and
conducting either online or offline exams in such places may not be possible.On 17 August, the apex court bench headed by Justice Arun
Mishra dismissed the plea.Solicitor-general Tushar Mehta, who represented the NTA, assured the court that all necessary precautions will be
taken in view of the COVID-19 pandemic
We have to move ahead with all safeguards Education should be opened up
COVID may continue for a year or more
cancellation of the NTA notice failed to achieve its purpose because the students failed to sufficiently impress upon the court the problems
they face, be it financial, social or physical.And because the NTA did a good job outlining its preparation to conduct examinations during a
less concerned with the less fortunate.On 28 August, six states, Punjab, Haryana, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Rajasthan, filed
for a review of the petition
It was heard on 4 September, when the JEE Main exams were already being conducted
The bench, led by Justice Ashok Bhusan, heard the plea of the Opposition-led states who argued that conducting these exams would defeat the
efforts and exercise of social distancing.The Supreme Court dismissed the plea and also announced on 9 September that, going forward, it
NTACentral to these events is the NTA, a rather young government body whose job it is to conduct 14 national level examinations on an annual
basis: JEE, NEET, CAT, UGC-NET, JNU entrance test, IIFT entrance, Hotel Management JEE among them.It is imperative to delve into the history
of this body in order to understand how it was established and its complex relationship with students
My research specifically deals with JEE and NEET
Both these examinations account for over a million registrations every year, making it, by the numbers, arguably the most high-profile
exams.On May 2013, the MHRD ministry, then headed by Pallam Raju, announced the setting up of a seven-member committee led by educationist
and former director of IIT-Kanpur, Sanjay Govind Dhande
The goal of the committee was to prepare a blue print for creating a special purpose of taking the NTA forward.The committee derives its
origins from a meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) held on 2 April, 2013
In the meeting, it was decided that a proposal to set up a National Testing Agency shall be taken forward in consultation with all the
stakeholders.But were all stakeholders really considered? Judge for yourself.The then higher education secretary of India Ashish Thakur,
not set up as a statutory body through an Act of Parliament.Those were times when important agendas as policies of national interest lagged
due to the complex process of getting converted into an Act
legislative traditionality
the masses (here students) any stake in the decision-making.The experts, of course, would have considered the masses while formulating the
NTA, but they did not need their approval.The NTA specifically designs or conducts examinations related to students belonging to the age
These students form part of the voting population of the country and they would at least have skin in the game if their representatives,
whether or not they are a part of the ruling government, had helped establish the NTA through an Act of Parliament.In Union Budget of India
2017, the then finance minister Arun Jaitley announced the establishment of the NTA
It was registered under the Societies registration Act, 1860.The NTA was given a grant of rupees 25 crore from the Government of India to
After that it would have to be self-sustainable
improve equity and quality in education by administering research based valid, reliable, efficient, transparent, fair and international
The best subject matter experts, psycho-metricians and IT delivery and security professionals will ensure that the current gaps in existing
courts.Thus it is evident that only a particular class of students are privileged enough to have access to resources during the times of
Of course, it is unfair to blame this entirely on the present dispensation at the Centre
Elitism in higher education has been a problem since times immemorial.Multiplicity and stressDuring the NTA's formation in 2013, the MHRD
leading to stress on the students is addressed in a comprehensive manner by formulating a uniform entrance examinations for admissions in
Which creates a rather stressful environment.The present government, which adopted this policy from the previous government, has
It is essential to note that even after the NTA introducing its 'uniformity', large institutions (BITSAT and BITS) have introduced different
sylllabus and exam patterns for different entrance exams.The NTA, on the other hand, while pushing the single-day examination as the only
way a candidate can enroll in public institutions, has eliminated choice
The NTA has thus made the private sector a prominent player in the education 'market'
But not a private institution.One can thus sense a greater push towards privatisation of the education sector.The government may have
boasted of a 's ilent majority', but the numbers don't seem bear them out.This year saw a decrease in the number of students registered for
According to data from the Ministry of Education, of 8.58 lakh applicants, only 6.35 lakh appeared for the engineering test which was held
days of JEE main examinations
Bengal, only 55 percent of students attended the first day of examinations
Punjab was one of the worst-affected states with only 45 percent of registered students managing to appear at nine centres spread across the
reach examination centres?Keep in mind that in such places, education assumes a very important role in improving the social and economic
In many places, education is the only way up.In Jharkhand, tier-2 cities like Jamshedpur are full of good schools
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