
Aug 7, 2026
✦Hindustan Times
Centralised education policy can't deliver true reforms
The Union Government made NEET compulsory nationwide from 2017, sparking a long debate on state autonomy. Tamil Nadu officials said, "Examination is something quite different from education." Centralised policies often ignore local realities, as seen with the three-language formula. Such moves hurt rural students and limit how states manage their schools.