For nearly a decade, India's National Testing Agency has carried the weight of a nation's educational hopes, tasked with bringing order to a system long plagued by leaks and mistrust. Yet the June cancellation of a medical entrance exam affecting over two million students — the latest in a recurring cycle of crisis, inquiry, and incomplete reform — reveals that centralising power without building institutional depth may only concentrate vulnerability rather than eliminate it. The question India now faces is not merely how to secure an exam, but whether a system in which a single test can deter
India's exam crisis deepens as NTA reforms fail to restore student trust
Millions of students face disrupted education and wasted preparation; some delay university entry or career progression due to exam cancellations and leaks.