NEET victims’ families seek reforms, say Pradhan’s resignation not enough
Families of students affected by the NEET-UG 2026 exam paper leak are demanding structural education reforms beyond the resignation of the education minister. They argue that compensation is insufficient and that systemic changes are necessary to prevent future examination malpractice.
Why it matters
High-stakes entrance exams are a major social and political issue in India, impacting the lives and mental health of millions of students.
For many parents, who lost their children by suicide after National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 paper was cancelled, resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan is not enough.Most of the parents said the government never understood pain of the students who appeared for NEET and their parents. They also expressed their anguish at the police for assaulting students in New Delhi and making Pradhan resign only after the pressure of students.They called for structural changes in education so that no papers are cancelled in future due to leak or any other examination malpractice.Father of a 21-year-old NEET aspirant of Uttar Pradesh’s Kheri district, who had died by suicide in May, lauded the peaceful protest by students despite “brutal” attack by the police on them and sought education reforms to prevent something similar in future.
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