It is not uncommon to read every year that question papers of some or the other competitive exams, held nationally or intra-State, are either leaked, reported cases of mass-copying, impersonation of candidates, bribed officials etc.
This year the glaring examples that stand out are the NEET-UG and the suspected leak of CSIR-NET and UGC-NET question papers and cancellation at the 11th hour. The icing on the cake was the alleged malpractices by a candidate in 2022 in the UPSC exams and who recently joined as a trainee.
The governments need to take cognizance of the ongoings and mete out justice swiftly and harshly to the offenders, whoever and however highly placed they are so that India will not become a laughing stock.
Because of greed for money and misdeeds by a handful of vested interest, crores of students and their families suffer. The punishments should be such that no one would dare to play havoc with the competitive exams that make or break a student’s career and the dreams and future of a family.
