[Marxistindia] Scrap NTA and NEP

[news from the cpi(m)]

August 17, 2026

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Scrap NTA and NEP

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) reiterates its
demand to scrap both the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the National
Education Policy, 2020 - the root cause of the decay in the education
system, in the light of the errors in the three NET-UGC examination papers
conducted by the NTA. This disgraceful episode has once again exposed the
entrenched rot in India's education system and lays bare the NTA's abject
incompetence to hold these examinations. 

 

Deplorably, instead of remedying the NEP's disastrous consequences, the BJP
and its affiliates target those who question the system. The murder of Janab
Mafik in Bankura, West Bengal, for merely highlighting a local school's lack
of infrastructure is the epitome of their intolerance. The CPI(M) condemns
this killing and demands the BJP government to immediately apprehend the
perpetrators and ensure their punishment. 

 

Both the Union and State Governments must ensure basic infrastructure,
including adequate teachers, in all public educational institutions. They
must focus on improving educational infrastructure, bolstering public
education, and conducting transparent, foolproof examinations. Students will
be empowered by such substantive actions, not by hollow pronouncements and
repressive measures.

 

 

 

 

(Muralidharan)

For CPI(M) Central Committee Office

 

 

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