Entrance Exam Scandal: Education Minister Should Resign
Demanding the resignation of the Education Minister over entrance exam scandals, the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement on June 23:
The Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is deeply disturbed by the alarming developments that have plagued the centralized all-India examination process. Be it NEET-UG, UGC-NET, or now NEET-PG, which has been indefinitely postponed due to apparent and foreseen issues, there is a recurring pattern. The cumulative effect has been rampant irregularities and a complete breakdown of examination processes, adversely impacting crucial sectors of higher education in the country.
This is not merely a result of visible corruption. It stems from the centralization, commercialization, and communalization of education—core components of the National Education Policy. The new government’s reliance on the CBI to investigate these scandals, as it did in the Vyapam case, confirms an attempt to cover up the issue. This highlights the complete failure of their policy prescriptions in higher education, for which the entire government, especially the Human Resource Development Minister, is accountable. The Minister should resign.
The Politburo demands that the centralization of higher education administration in a vast and diverse country like India be reversed. The first step should be the abolition of centralized NEET exams. Each state should be permitted to conduct its own entrance examinations to regulate admissions to professional education institutions within its jurisdiction.
