NEET-NET: Corrupt Elements Outside the System Must Not Be Allowed to Derail It
Opinion | "With the NEET and NET fiascos, it appears that the student alone is not the only player in the game," writes Shashi Motilal.
By: SHASHI MOTILAL
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Examinations have always been regarded as the ultimate touchstone to test the knowledge, skill, aptitude, and tenacity, in short, the overall ‘ability’ of a person to perform to their best in a field of study, and/or for a position that they have been trained for. And, since there are likely to be more aspirants than there are positions, examinations become the most objective, fair, and accurate method of selecting the right candidate(s) by eliminating those who do not meet the standards set by a team of experts.
And, when the competition is set among nationwide aspirants numbering in lakhs, there is an institution set up by the government that is responsible for conducting such public examinations. It is obvious that such an institution must have an enormous responsibility because there is so much at stake for all the stakeholders involved, primarily the examinees.
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(Dr. (Ms.) Shashi Motilal (Retd.) Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, India, obtained her PhD from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, USA in 1986. She has been Visiting Faculty at the University of Akron , Ohio, USA and Carleton University, ON, Canada, TERI University, New Delhi and IIT/Delhi and IISP, New Delhi. This is an opinion piece and the views expressed above are the author’s own. The Quint neither endorses nor is responsible for the same.)
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