Education & CultureAug 3, 20261 votes

67 students got perfect 720 in NEET and papers were leaked, is the whole exam a scam now?

67 students scored a perfect 720 out of 720 in NEET 2024. 67 perfect scores. In a medical entrance exam taken by over 23 lakh students. That has never happened before. Not once, not twice, but 67 times. And the govt expects us to believe this is normal? Let me explain why this is suspicious. NEET has negative marking. One wrong answer and you lose marks. To get a perfect 720, you need every single answer correct. Not one mistake. And 67 students did this perfectly? In previous years, the number of perfect scorers was zero or maybe one or two. Suddenly 67? And then it gets worse. Several of these 67 toppers were from the same exam center in Haryana. The same center. What are the odds that 67 perfect scorers all happened to sit at the same center? Either that center has some magical teaching method nobody else knows about, or something was very wrong there. Then the paper leak news came. Bihar, Gujarat, multiple states. The CBI had to step in and arrest people. The education ministry had to cancel UGC-NET overnight because the exam integrity was compromised. Over 11 lakh students had their hard work destroyed in one night. And what did the govt do? They formed a committee. A committee. The same response they give every time something goes wrong. Form a committee, give a press conference, promise action, and then nothing changes. The NTA still conducts exams the same way. The same vulnerable paper distribution system. The same lack of transparency. Students who have been studying honestly for 2 or 3 years are now wondering if the system is fair at all. And here is the thing that really hurts. Ordinary students from small towns and govt schools are the most affected. They cannot afford coaching worth lakhs of rupees. They do not have connections. They do not have access to leaked papers. They just have their hard work. And their hard work is being stolen by a system that rewards money and connections. The govt announced grace marks for some students which was later withdrawn after protests. Grace marks? In a competitive exam where one mark can decide your college? Who decided which students got grace marks and why? The whole process was opaque and arbitrary. The Supreme Court had to intervene. Students filed petitions. And the govt response was basically trust us, it was fine. Trust them? After 67 perfect scores and paper leaks? Why should anyone trust this system? The NEET exam determines the future of 23 lakh students every year. 23 lakh dreams, 23 lakh families hopes. And it is being run by an agency that cannot even keep the papers from leaking. Is NEET now a fair exam or has it become a game of money and connections?