Left parties renew call to scrap NTA, NEP after UGC-NET paper errors
Left parties have renewed their demand to scrap the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, following errors in UGC-NET June 2026 examination papers. They allege 'entrenched rot' and 'abject incompetence' in the NTA, and criticize the NEP for promoting 'centralisation, commercialisation and communalisation' of education. Political leaders from CPI(M), CPI, and CPI (ML) Liberation have called for a comprehensive overhaul of the education system, reiterating the Kothari Commission's recommendation for increased public expenditure on education and emphasizing the role of State Governments.
Left parties have renewed their demand to scrap the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, following errors in UGC-NET June 2026 examination papers. They allege 'entrenched rot' and 'abject incompetence' in the NTA, and criticize the NEP for promoting 'centralisation, commercialisation and communalisation' of education. Political leaders from CPI(M), CPI, and CPI (ML) Liberation have called for a comprehensive overhaul of the education system, reiterating the Kothari Commission's recommendation for increased public expenditure on education and emphasizing the role of State Governments.
Exam linkage
GS Paper II: Social Justice (Education, Welfare Schemes & Policies); Governance (Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation).
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