Mumbai, July 27, 2026: It has taken 12 years for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to acknowledge what millions of students and their parents have known for years: India's public examination system is in urgent need of an overhaul.

The decision to constitute a high-powered committee under Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is welcome in principle. But the timing and composition of the task force raise doubts about whether the government is genuinely committed to structural reform or is merely attempting to defuse public anger.

The announcement came not after introspection but after a nationwide student agitation over repeated failures in the conduct of public examinations, culminating in the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Had the government acted when the NEET question paper leak........

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