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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Lifestyle
Yashraj Sharma

Millions of students at risk: India’s elite exams hit by corruption ‘scam’

Students attend a class at a coaching school in Kota, India. The city in Rajasthan state is home to a giant industry of schools that tutor students in cracking competitive exams for medical and engineering colleges [File: Saurabh Das/AP Photo]

New Delhi, India – India’s top examinations for admissions into medical schools and research programmes have come under unprecedented scrutiny amid mounting evidence of corruption and paper leaks, leaving the future of more than three million students hanging in the balance.

The National Testing Agency (NTA), an autonomous body under India’s Ministry of Education that is responsible for holding the nationwide examinations, is at the centre of these controversies over the integrity of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), a national exam for medical aspirants held last month.

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