Monday, June 08, 2026

Dead by NEET.

At the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar, a man said, "He had come to support his girlfriend," and "had nothing to do with politics, viral hashtags or social media trends." He said he came on her behalf as she was unable to attend in person because she had been struggling with depression since the controversy with the NEET paper. msn.com. NEET stands for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, conducted by the National Testing Agency for admission into undergraduate medical programs. wikipedia. 2.27 million youngsters appeared for this year's exam on 3 May 2026. The exam was canceled on 12 May 2026 because the question paper had been leaked. wikipedia. 18-year old Akanksha Chaturvedi committed suicide over the canceled exam. TOI. Apparently, a couple of people at the protest were ignorant of the relevance of the term 'Chicken Neck', relating to India's borders with neighboring countries. It became a talking point when "Union Minister Kiran Rijiju shared the clip on his X account, calling for greater awareness about the county's geography and national issues." ET. 'Chicken Neck' is a narrow corridor in West Bengal, leading to India's northeastern states, bordered by Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. wikipedia. Retiring after over 50 years of medical practice I can assure Hon'ble Minister that ignorance of India's geography is of no relevance to becoming an extremely erudite and competent doctor. Leaking questions for money is. With an enormous population and limited opportunities the temptation to game the system, for those with power and money, must be impossible to resist. The most infamous was the Vyapam scam, in which questions for exams to select medical admissions and government employees, were leaked to candidates who paid. At least 40 people, including an erstwhile Governor's son, died suspiciously. Unofficially, more than 100 were eliminated. wikipedia. Perhaps even worse than corruption is the callous incompetence that puts our children's future in jeopardy. "Days after the government-run Central Board of Secondary School Education (CBSE) announced its Grade 12 - equivalent to UK's A level - results, dozens of students complained about errors in their marks allegedly linked to a newly-launched digital evaluation system," "Called On-Screen Marking (OSM), the system works by scanning physical copies of answer sheets and uploading them on an online portal for teachers to evaluate." Errors included mistakes in manual evaluation, "pages were missing, answers were marked wrongly, or the digital copies did not match the original paper answer sheets." Because of delays in re-evaluation by CBSE many students are in danger of missing scholarships to foreign universities and admissions to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) which require at least 75% marks in CBSE Class 12 exam. TOI. Why wasn't the system evaluated thoroughly before ruining hundreds of lives? Because there is no accountability. CJP chief Abhijit Dipke demanded the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and said that the Hindu-Muslim agenda (BJP's election winning strategy) for the last 12 years cannot create jobs. HT. So will the Hon'ble minister take responsibility? Hell, no. Indian ministers have perks which would outclass those of a US president. Sharam and Izzat be damned. Recently, the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Surya Kant labeled "people entering professions using 'fake and bogus degrees' as "cockroaches". TOI. Careful. The CEO might think it is aimed at him.  As "the CEO with the invisible degree remains secure," even if "The degree remains invisible yet apparently protective, like a talisman that wards off inquiry." Judges have repeatedly protected the secrecy. DH. If the top certificate is fake, others down the line will follow. That's why they are followers.        

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