Multiple centres reported delays of up to two hours in the CUET-UG 2026 morning session due to technical issues at Tata Consultancy Services. The National Testing Agency issued schedule adjustments and a public apology. NEET-UG 2026 had been cancelled earlier after paper-leak allegations.
Frames CUET delays and NEET cancellation as symptoms of institutional neglect under Modi that harms rural and working-class students most.
“Outsourcing to TCS and centralised control erode public education equity”
Conservative
Views incidents as implementation challenges in scaling national exams rather than deliberate systemic ruin.
“Opposition exaggerates glitches while ignoring corrective actions and prior Congress-era issues”
Libertarian
Attributes repeated failures to monopoly state control over testing that concentrates risk for millions of students.
“Decentralised private alternatives would reduce political leverage over education outcomes”
Devil's Advocate
All three perspectives accept unverified Rahul statements and overlook that NTA was created in 2017 and that the failure occurred at a private contractor.
“Shared partisan framing bypasses operational data on compensatory measures and historical leak patterns”