The Nandan Nilekani-headed task force is a good response that will bring credibility to the government’s efforts to address the NEET leak problem. Don’t just confine it to the leak, but dare to also question the very idea of large centralised exams and the tyrannical hold of coaching institute industry.
The NEET task force is good, but let’s question the very idea of centralised exams too
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