Minimise outsourcing by NTA, don't brand us 'mafia': Coaching federation

Minimising the outsourcing of exam-related tasks by the NTA, setting up an education task force and a helpline to report irregularities and conducting competitive exams at least twice a year and only after board exams are among several suggestions made to the Centre by the Coaching Federation of India.

The suggestions by the CFI, an umbrella body of coaching institutions across the country, came amid a raging row over alleged irregularities, including paper leaks, in exams.

The federation, in its list of suggestions to prevent paper leaks, also expressed its displeasure at branding the coaching industry as "mafia for any wrong done by a few". It also criticised the educational institutions using paper leaks for publicity and encash student sentiments and play politics.

"There should be no politics over the issue and students are already stressed with the uncertainty over the NEET exam and we need to understand their mental state and for any gain, students should not be used. The ...