When Profit Trumps Purpose: The Commodification of Indian Education and Loss of Moral Accountability
Vidyasagar Sharma | 24 June 2024 | The Wire
Amidst the ongoing controversy surrounding the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (UGC-NEET) examination, the education ministry has cancelled the National Eligibility Test (NET) examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The education ministry’s statement states that the “government is committed to ensure the sanctity of examinations” and the “integrity of the examination may have been compromised”. This incident is part of a larger pattern under the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, where bureaucratic mismanagement and agencies are often blamed for such incidents. However, these incidents raise a larger question about the moral accountability of the state…