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- Nearly two years after the NEET-UG 2024 controversy, an HT analysis finds that only 57 of the 101 recommendations made by the K Radhakrishnan committee have been fully implemented by the Union government, with 10 partially implemented and 27 still pending.
- The government plans four more measures, including multi-session testing and eventually a computer-based NEET-UG, but has not rolled them out.
- A key unfulfilled recommendation is that the National Testing Agency should stop conducting recruitment examinations and focus on entrance tests, yet NTA has continued handling recruitment exams through 2025 and 2026 despite a ministerial announcement.
- Progress has been stronger on short-term measures, such as exam security steps and CUET subject rationalisation, than on long-term structural reforms, with major NTA restructuring moves coming only after recent student protests.
What to watch next
- Whether the four announced reforms — multi-session testing, a multi-stage NEET-UG, multiple exam opportunities, and computer-based NEET-UG — are actually rolled out
- Whether NTA stops conducting recruitment examinations as recommended by the committee
- Implementation of the remaining 27 pending recommendations, including the DIGI-EXAM verification system and oversight of coaching centres
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Named India · Congress · Dharmendra Pradhan · Government of India · Jairam Ramesh · K Radhakrishnan · Ministry of Education · Nandan Nilekani · Narendra Modi · National Testing Agency
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