NTA: India’s high-stakes exam system faces a crisis of trust0

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• September 7, 2026

Such experiences have fuelled calls from student activists and opposition politicians to scrap the NTA altogether. Educationists argue that scrapping the agency would not solve the underlying problem. The NTA needs deep structural reform to address recurring failures, but abolishing it is not the answer, said M Jagadesh Kumar, former chairman of India’s universities regulator.