Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked the federal government and demanded that the Nationwide Testing Company (NTA)’s management be held accountable after the company stated it could re-conduct the College Grants Fee Nationwide Eligibility Check (UGC-NET) for English, commerce and sociology. He stated that Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as Union schooling minister on July 25 after scholar protests towards examination irregularities was not the final step however solely the primary.
In a submit on X, Gandhi addressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and requested him to take a look at what his NTA has simply executed. “UGC-NET exams for sociology, English and commerce had been held between 22 and 30 June. Almost two months later, NTA has cancelled all three as a result of it set defective papers and repeated outdated questions. 1000’s of candidates who ready for years, stuffed varieties, paid the charges, and travelled to distant centres should now do all of it once more in September. NTA makes the error, however the scholar serves the sentence.”
He stated that is now not an schooling system however an “extraction machine”. “It takes your cash, your years, your psychological well being, and your confidence and returns nothing. Not even a job. NTA nonetheless gained’t reply the actual query – had been these papers leaked earlier than the examination?”
Gandhi stated that, similar to each different arm of the Modi authorities, NTA by no means says it’s their fault. “Similar to each different compromised paper, I’m completely certain there will likely be no accountability.”
He referred to college students taking the UGC-NET once more in September and stated they don’t seem to be the issue. “PM Modi constructed a system that can’t run an examination after which blames the scholars who take it. Your years are being stolen, and we is not going to cease till PM Modi solutions for it,” Gandhi stated.
Gandhi’s social gathering colleague, Sachin Pilot, echoed him and demanded accountability. “But once more, the inefficiency of NTA has come to gentle, with the company acknowledging complaints obtained concerning UGC-NET 2026 for a number of papers – English, commerce, and sociology. Given NTA’s confirmed observe document of incompetence in conducting examinations effectively and precisely — the query isn’t merely whether or not this company can conduct examinations, however how honest and simply the system is. College students pay the worth. So, the query stays the identical — the place is the accountability of the [education] ministry and NTA?” Pilot requested.
Aam Aadmi Occasion chief Manish Sisodia demanded NTA be shut down, calling it a “huge fraud”.
The NTA on Sunday stated it’s going to re-conduct the UGC-NET for English, commerce and sociology, after a panel discovered factual, typographical and translation errors within the query papers, which additionally repeated parts from earlier examinations. The announcement impacts over 20,000 candidates. It got here months after the testing company scrapped the Could 3 Nationwide Eligibility cum Entrance Check (Undergraduate) or NEET (UG) examination after a paper leak. That NEET (UG) cancellation affected 2.2 million college students and sparked nationwide protests, together with the Jantar Mantar agitation in Delhi, which prompted Pradhan to step down.
UGC-NET determines eligibility for Junior Analysis Fellowships, assistant professor posts, and PhD admissions. The examination is often held twice a 12 months, in June and December.
