Quick fixes won't do: Academics urge Centre to uphold integrity of exams

As the row over irregularities in competitive exams continues to rage, several academicians on Sunday urged the Centre to preserve the integrity of exams and stressed that overnight solutions are not possible in such complex cases.

Facing flak over alleged discrepancies in competitive exams, the Centre on Saturday shunted out National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Singh and handed over the probe into irregularities in medical entrance exam NEET-UG to the CBI.

The Education Ministry also set up a seven-member panel headed by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan to review the agency's functioning and recommend exam reforms.

It postponed the NEET-PG entrance, the fourth entrance exam to be impacted in recent days.

The academics said that removal of National Testing Agency chief and ordering CBI probe into the NEET irregularities will build trust among students.

"Since this is an issue which impacts lakhs of students, a thorough investigation into the irregularities is ...