India’s NEET exam reform overhaul

14 Sept 2026

India’s NEET exam reform debate centers on restoring trust in a high-stakes admissions system shaken by leak allegations, conduct failures, and protests over fairness. The core challenge is not only preventing paper breaches, but also rebuilding confidence in the National Testing Agency, which faces pressure to tighten security, improve accountability, and reduce procedural vulnerabilities. Reform now extends beyond test administration to issues of student rights, protest policing, privacy, and the state’s response to public anger over irregularities. What remains at stake is whether India can create an exam system that is both harder to compromise and more credible to the millions who depend on it.