Education Stories
The Two Test Neat Solution To The NEET Mess
Split medical exam in two parts, like JEE. NTA conducts the first nationwide screening. Those who qualify, take a second test in their home state. Each state will set their own questions. Paper-leakers will be outplayed
Why a doctors’ body says NTA is unfit to run NEET
As NEET-UG 2026 heads for a re-test, a Supreme Court plea by the United Doctors Front has shifted the focus from one alleged paper leak to a larger question: whether NTA’s current structure can guarantee fair, secure national exams
- Alka DhupkarSunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Five students tell the story of NEET’s broken promise
From Kalyan to Nagpur, medical aspirants describe the fallout of NEET 2026’s cancellation — lost momentum, postponed family lives, abandoned holidays, fresh fears over leaks, and the growing belief that students are paying for failures beyond their control
- Bhavika Jain
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
An exam that never ends: What NEET retest is doing to young Indians’ minds
Students across India are not just dealing with deep anxiety, burnout, exhaustion and fear. They are losing faith in the examination system itself
- Team TOI
- TNN
A chemistry teacher spent hours checking a viral PDF. By midnight, he knew NEET had leaked
The first breakthrough in the NEET scandal did not come from an official raid. It came from a coaching teacher who refused to dismiss a viral document as mere rumour.
Why does Sikar keep turning up in paper leak scandals?
Sikar was sold as an affordable mini Kota. Now it is facing serious questions about leaks
- Anurag Minus Verma
- TOI Contributor
Why there is no NEET fix to the exam leak crisis
While the govt’s move to an online test can address some of the issues, experts say the deeper problems lie in the huge fee gap between govt and private medical colleges, leaving millions competing for limited affordable seats
7 things official reports had flagged before this NEET-UG mess
NEET-UG was supposed to be fixed after the 2024 leak. Two official reports had already laid out where the system could break again
- Team TOI Plus
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
How whistleblower alert exposed NEET-UG paper leak, CBI tracks ‘paper leak mafia’
One person has been detained in Maharashtra and officials suspect that the ‘mafia’ was involved in the sale of the questions across states
- Team TOI
- TNN
Teachers are on duty, but classroom is left waiting
From counting strays and drug addicts to SIR and Census work, govt school educators have ever-longer to-do lists
How artist Rouble Nagi built 800 learning centres for slum children
From slum classrooms in Mumbai to community learning centres across 21 states, artist Rouble Nagi’s education initiative has reached thousands of marginalised children. The work has now earned her the $1m Global Teacher Prize, recognising grassroots teaching impact
- Bhavika Jain
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Why 70% of Hindu Americans have degrees — but only 35% of US adults do
Seven in 10 Hindu Americans hold college degrees. Only three in 10 US adults do. The gap seems to confirm a stereotype — until you look closer to understand that the real story isn’t about faith at all
- Rajesh SharmaDevyani Mohan
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
$22bn valuation to bankruptcy and missing $533mn: How Byju's unravelled across two continents
The edtech major’s fall hit a new inflection point in Dec 2025, when a US court issued a $1.07bn default judgment tied to the disputed $533mn Alpha funds, even as founder Byju Raveendran denies wrongdoing and battles insolvency and creditor claims across continents
- Supriya Roy
- TNN
‘Every Child Is Unique...And Learns At Her Own Pace’
Pariksha Pe Charcha has become a jan andolan, writes the education minister, because it makes students feel heard and understood. In an AI age, this is both more challenging and more necessary than ever
Why a London school barred a Hindu student from wearing ‘tilak-chandlo’
INSIGHT UK, an advocacy organisation representing the British Hindus and Indian community, has alleged discrimination, pointing out the school allows students to wear hijab and turbans
- Alka Dhupkar
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
How the falling rupee is hitting Indian students' dreams of studying abroad
The rupee's slide and tighter visa rules are forcing a rethink on overseas education for many Indians
A mission in UP’s poorest blocks: Take welfare to every doorstep
Loopholes and gaps in govt services is a nationwide problem. UP decided to address the issue by appointing a ‘CM fellow’ to serve as the govt’s eyes and ears in each of the 108 most backward blocks of the state and ensure welfare schemes reach their intended beneficiaries
With National Testing Agency in crisis, should JEE, CUET, UGC-NET return to pen and paper examinations?
When a student ends her life because she was told she got 6 marks but actually scored 590, you know something’s seriously wrong. And if in one year, 5 out of 14 of the country’s biggest exams have serious issues, there’s clearly a serious credibility crisis with the agency that’s conducting them
- Devyani MohanRajesh Sharma
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
In govt schools, a playful app is closing early learning gap
An initiative in some Ghaziabad schools uses mobile phones to gamify education, boosting foundational skills in maths, Hindi, and English for early-grade students, mostly from underprivileged backgrounds
What They Don’t Teach You In B-Schools
Management curriculum focuses on efficiency, not imagination. But every current business needs managers who are at home with both process discipline & creative disorder