Archit Malhotra @Archit_92 - Twitter Profile

3 months ago

Sometimes, the loudest protest begins... After the problem has already been solved. That is when you stop following slogans. And start following the timeline. Before you decide who the villain is... Read the timeline. Because dates don't shout. They don't trend. They don't protest. They simply expose the truth. May 3. NEET examination. Within four days, the NTA detected fraud. The very next day, it informed the police. The investigation began. The Government cancelled the May 3 examination. May 12. The Ministry of Education filed a written complaint. The CBI registered the case. Special investigation team (SIT) were formed immediately. May 15. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the nation. He apologised. Accepted moral responsibility. Announced the re-NEET schedule. Then came the bigger announcement. From next year, Major national examinations would move towards computer-based, multi-encrypted testing (CBT). A permanent safeguard. Not another temporary fix. Meanwhile, The CBI moved fast. Arrests began. The network expanded. Soon, 13 accused were behind bars. June 21. Fresh NEET examination conducted successfully. July 16. Results declared. Now students wait for counselling. But this story is bigger than one examination. Paper leaks are not new. Every student preparing next year will carry the same anxiety. I am with students. Now comes the real question. If the examination was cancelled... The re-exam was conducted... The results were declared... The investigation was underway... And structural reforms were already announced... Then what exactly is the endgame of this protest? If the demand is... "Remove the Minister." Then what? What comes next? What reform is on the table? What solution replaces the one already announced? These are fair questions. Another one is equally important. Who loses the most... If encrypted, computer-based (CBT) examinations, make organised paper leaks almost impossible? Students? Or those who profited from the old system? Coaching Mafia? Corrupted Academicians? Tainted Beuraucrats? Or those who is taking advantage of students emotions. Bhim Army? Aam Aadmi Party? Congress? Communist Party? One fact cannot be ignored. If technology shuts the door on organised paper leaks... An entire illegal ecosystem stands to lose. That is why the real battle is bigger than one Minister. Or even one Government. Goverments will come and go. Party will win and loose. But this nation will remain. And it should at any cost. Bigger than one Leader or person. It is about one question. Will India finally dismantle the business model... Built on stealing honest students' hard-earned opportunities? That... is the fight worth having.

md_deepesh's tweet photo. Sometimes, the loudest protest begins...
After the problem has already been solved.

That is when you stop following slogans.
And start following the timeline.

Before you decide who the villain is...
Read the timeline.

Because dates don't shout.
They don't trend.
They don't protest.

They simply expose the truth.

May 3.
NEET examination.
Within four days, the NTA detected fraud.

The very next day, it informed the police.
The investigation began.

The Government cancelled the May 3 examination.

May 12.
The Ministry of Education filed a written complaint.
The CBI registered the case.

Special investigation team (SIT) were formed immediately.

May 15.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the nation.

He apologised.
Accepted moral responsibility.

Announced the re-NEET schedule.

Then came the bigger announcement.

From next year,

Major national examinations would move towards
computer-based, multi-encrypted testing (CBT).

A permanent safeguard.
Not another temporary fix.

Meanwhile,
The CBI moved fast.

Arrests began.
The network expanded.

Soon, 13 accused were behind bars.

June 21.
Fresh NEET examination conducted successfully.

July 16.
Results declared.

Now students wait for counselling.

But this story is bigger than one examination.

Paper leaks are not new.

Every student preparing next year will carry the same anxiety.
I am with students.

Now comes the real question.

If the examination was cancelled...
The re-exam was conducted...
The results were declared...
The investigation was underway...
And structural reforms were already announced...

Then what exactly is the endgame of this protest?

If the demand is...
"Remove the Minister."

Then what?
What comes next?
What reform is on the table?
What solution replaces the one already announced?

These are fair questions.

Another one is equally important.

Who loses the most...
If encrypted, computer-based (CBT) examinations,
make organised paper leaks almost impossible?

Students?

Or those who profited from the old system?
Coaching Mafia?
Corrupted Academicians?
Tainted Beuraucrats?

Or those who is taking advantage of students emotions.
Bhim Army?
Aam Aadmi Party?
Congress?
Communist Party?

One fact cannot be ignored.

If technology shuts the door on organised paper leaks...
An entire illegal ecosystem stands to lose.

That is why the real battle is bigger than one Minister.
Or even one Government.

Goverments will come and go.
Party will win and loose.

But this nation will remain.
And it should at any cost.
Bigger than one Leader or person.

It is about one question.

Will India finally dismantle the business model...
Built on stealing honest students' hard-earned opportunities?

That... is the fight worth having.

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