NEET SOLUTION IN FIXING THE SYSTEM, NOT SCRAPPING IT

THE National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak and numerous other problems faced by students in the medical entrance exam conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) this year have given currency to the demand of going back to the pre-2016 system of entrance exams.

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Several state leaders have sought the scrapping of NEET and some have asked to be allowed to conduct their own medical entrance tests. There is no doubt that the NTA has failed to inspire confidence among millions of students who appear for the various exams it conducts. This is especially true for the 24 lakh students who appeared for the NEET-UG. The Supreme Court decided not to scrap this year's NEET-UG because of the "absence of material on record" to conclude that "there was a systemic breach". The top court's order is not an endorsement of the NTA's conduct. Far from it, the court