NEET Scam Probe Uncovers Maharashtra’s High-Stakes Coaching Industry
मुख्य बातें
- •The NEET-UG 2024 irregularities probe has expanded to expose a network involving coaching centres, school officials, and NTA-linked individuals in Maharashtra.
- •Investigations reveal alleged manipulation through compromised translators, advance question paper leaks, and manipulated answer sheets.
- •Key accused include coaching operators, school principals, and middlemen, with digital and financial evidence being seized.
- •Maharashtra’s coaching economy, worth crores, is under scrutiny for unethical practices that undermine merit in medical admissions.
- •The scandal raises broader questions about the integrity of India’s entrance examination system and the role of coaching centres.
A multi-layered investigation into alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) has now extended into Maharashtra’s lucrative coaching economy, exposing a web of collusion involving coaching operators, school principals, middlemen, and even officials of the National Testing Agency (NTA). What initially appeared as isolated irregularities in the 2024 NEET-UG examination has snowballed into a systemic inquiry revealing how high-stakes entrance coaching has become deeply entangled with institutional malpractice.
