Left parties renew call to scrap NTA, NEP after UGC-NET paper errors
CPI(M), CPI and CPI(ML) say the retest announcement exposes deep flaws in the examination system; demand an overhaul of the education policy and testing mechanism
The Left political parties have once again called for the abolition of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 following recent errors in the UGC-NET June 2026 examination. The CPI(M) Polit Bureau highlighted the "entrenched rot" in the education system and the agency's "abject incompetence" in conducting examinations, specifically citing mistakes in the English, Commerce, and Sociology papers.
CPI General Secretary D. Raja emphasized the crisis facing the education sector, accusing the NEP of promoting centralisation, commercialisation, and communalisation, and alleging that it encouraged a "coaching mafia". He argued that if the education system is in crisis, how can the government claim to be leading towards a "Viksit Bharat"?
CPI (ML) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya asserted that the incident reinforced student demands for significant changes, insisting that the government must consider scrapping the NTA, which has failed to fulfil its duties.
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