These are indeed testing times if the very tests on which the future of India’s younger generation lies are built on foundations that shake every year. For a nation that prides itself on its demographic dividend, the education system has turned into a factory of intense anxiety. The collapse of institutional integrity has never been more glaring, more spectacular as a trifecta of catastrophic failures hit the country’s premier testing bodies in rapid succession. First came the NEET-UG paper leak, exposing deep structural rot and a compromised supply chain. Close on its heels came the CBSE On-Screen Marking fiasco, where a rushed digital evaluation system led to botched results, missing sheets, and unreadable scripts. To complete the........

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