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Students protesting over the NEET-UG and UGC-NET examinations issue outside the Ministry of Education in New Delhi on June 20.
NEET Fiasco — The Lede

The fallacy of one nation, one examination

Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, we need a system that combines aptitude test scores with academic performance to make the merit list.
Furqan Qamar
SPOTLIGHT

Decent, homely, and IELTS pass

When women in Punjab get high IELTS scores, it opens the floodgates to marriage proposals as families even ignore caste and class for English marks.
Anuj Behal
COMMENT

Tamil Nadu school’s ‘motivational speaker’ fiasco raises questions

Should governments give autonomy or exercise strict control over state-run schools?
Apoorvanand

Justice Chandru report illustrates eradicating caste in classrooms remains a tall order

The report shows Tamil Nadu’s education system is infested with deep-rooted caste discrimination, challenging the State’s social justice credentials.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
World Humanities Report 

Humanities is alive and kicking, thriving where you least expect

A new report shows how humanities disciplines shape critical thinking in universities, social movements, addressing contemporary challenges from inequ
Mridula Vijayarangakumar

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A representational image of a young boy and his child bride as they are escorted by their relatives to a temple on the outskirts of Jaipur, a day after the two were married on “Akka Teej” day.

Married at 10, divorced at 14: How a Rajasthani girl broke free from child marriage to pursue education

An extract from The Smart and the Dumb: The Politics of Education in India by Vishal Vasanthakumar.
Vishal Vasanthakumar
Students protest over the NEET-UG and UGC-NET examinations issue outside the Ministry of Education in New Delhi on June 20, 2024.

Is NEET designed for exclusion?

NEET’s low cut-offs let in less qualified candidates. High costs for coaching and fees create economic barriers, making the exam exclusionary.
M. Suresh Babu
While the idea of a uniform testing mechanism is not in itself flawed and need not necessarily be maleficent or inefficient, it invariably becomes so when the motive behind it is tainted.

Editor’s Note: Dirty skeletons in the NEET closet

In something as crucial as higher education, the idea should be to generate debate on the education scandal, not shut it down.
Vaishna Roy
Student members of the Krantikari Yuva Sangathan protesting against Delhi University’s admission process through the CUET Merit List outside the university’s arts faculty in October 2022.

Is NTA’s MCQ fixation failing India’s higher education?

Exclusive use of MCQ format in entrance examinations falls short in assessing critical thinking, problem-solving, and creative abilities of aspirants.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Students who appeared for NEET 2024 from Haryana’s Jind district, all of whom scored over 630 out of 720 and could have easily obtained admission in any government medical college, are now worried about their future because of the scandal surrounding NEET.

NTA’s dangerous obsession with centralisation

The testing agency’s incompetence has a lot to do with the government’s fetish with centralisation; it jeopardises the future of lakhs of students.
Apoorvanand
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