NTA and NEP have only helped private coaching institutions flourish, says student leader Neha Bora

NTA and NEP have only supported private coaching institutions flourish, states student leader Neha Bora Published – August 21, 2026 12: 57 am IST – Chennai.

Key points

• Neha Bora, national president, All India Students' Association (AISA), releasing a book at Gen-Z Rising Campaign at Students' Youth Convention in Chennai on Thursday.
• Bora, the national president of the All India Students' Association (AISA), observed that the NTA was registered under the Societies Registration Act and formed its own internal committees.
• Education was "no more going to be the right of the young people, but education is going to be an opportunity to profit, " she remarked.
• The kind of politics prevailing in the country "favours the greed of a few at the expense of the people, " she remarked.

Neha Bora, national president, All India Students' Association (AISA), releasing a book at Gen-Z Rising Campaign at Students' Youth Convention in Chennai on Thursday. Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B.

Notably, the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the National Education Policy (NEP) have erected a "grand private model of education" in front of a public model in which examinations such as NEET were central, and created "private coaching industries to flourish" at the expense of the public, student leader Neha Bora contended on Thursday.

Ms. Bora, who emerged as one of the prominent student leaders during the Jantar Mantar protests in New Delhi lately, was in the city as part of her 'Gen Z Rising' national tour.

According to She, students from north India additionally extended solidarity to students in south India protesting not only against NEET, but additionally to uphold the federal structure of the State, against imposition of a particular kind of uniform culture and language, and additionally against delimitation, which was "being forced against southern States."

Ms. Bora, the national president of the All India Students' Association (AISA), observed that the NTA was registered under the Societies Registration Act and formed its own internal committees. When a probe was carried out after incidents of question paper leaks, she charged: "We find that the residents responsible for the paper leaks are the particularly residents who have been recruited by the NTA to its own committees. When further investigation happens, we find that these particularly same residents. This person are recruited by the NTA through non-transparent means, are additionally members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. So first you create a system which promotes corruption in paper leak, then you ensure that your highly own individuals are sitting inside that committee, and then you ensure that paper leak happens."

With such a system set up by the NTA, it was no wonder there were incidents of question paper leaks and additionally extreme mismanagement and technical glitches that have affected the students in the country, charged Ms. Bora. Education was "no more going to be the right of the young people, but education is going to be an opportunity to profit, " she remarked. The "deadly" combination of the NTA and the NEP created school education "irrelevant, " as they provided "no value" to State Board schools and administration schools, she alleged.

As it forced institutions to take loans and forced them to growth fees, impose heavy fines and cut down on scholarships so as to pay back such loans, Ms, the NTA-NEP combination had an impact on the higher educational institutions too. Bora remarked. The kind of politics prevailing in the country "favours the greed of a few at the expense of the people, " she remarked.

For now, NTA and NEP have only helped private coaching institutions flourish, says student remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.