Cockroach Janta Party · Released 15 July 2026
End India'sPublic Examination Crisis
India's public examination system is failing its aspirants. Over 90 paper leaks in the last decade have shattered the futures of crores of aspirants, while repeated failures by NTA, SSC and state bodies have exposed a system with little accountability.
01Enact a New Public Examinations (Transparency, Accountability and Candidates' Rights) Act
02Fix NTA, SSC and National Examination Bodies
03A Students' Rights Charter
04Create a National Aspirant Welfare Fund
05Permanent Parliamentary Oversight
One
Enact a New Public Examinations (Transparency, Accountability and Candidates' Rights) Act
Replace the ineffective 2024 anti-paper leak law with a preventive framework
- →Increase the minimum punishment for organised paper leak networks from 3 years to 10 years, with confiscation of illegal proceeds, higher fines and permanent debarment.
- →Mandate the Minister to explain every paper leak and action taken in Parliament.
- →Every paper leak must automatically trigger an inquiry headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, with a report to Parliament within 30 days and disciplinary action within the next 30 days.
- →Create an independent Examinations Ombudsman with powers to investigate examination failures on complaint or suo motu, award remedies to candidates, and issue binding directions.
- →Create a National Examination Vendor Authority to register, audit and debar vendors, with a single public national blacklist applicable across all central and state examinations.
- →Open every examination body to public scrutiny through mandatory audits, Annual Examination Integrity Reports, disclosure of vendor contracts and security audits, and reporting security breach within 48 hours.
- →Include a Model Framework for States to adopt, extending the same protections to examinations conducted by State Public Service Commissions, education boards, entrance tests and recruitment bodies.
Two
Fix NTA, SSC and National Examination Bodies
End unaccountable examination agencies created by executive orders
- →Dissolve NTA and establish a statutory National Testing Commission, with defined governance structure, permanent staff instead of current contractual model. Mandatory annual CAG financial and performance audits.
- →Make the SSC a statutory body with a fixed annual examination calendar and complete every recruitment within one year of notification.
- →End hidden vacancies by requiring every Ministry to publish annual vacancies and the SSC to publish the exact number of posts before every recruitment.
- →Allow States to opt out of NEET for State-quota medical seats and guarantee State representation in deciding the NEET syllabus.
Three
A Students' Rights Charter
Turn promises into enforceable legal rights
- →Right to compensation, including an automatic fee refund, free re-examination within 15 days, and fixed compensation after paper leaks, cancellations or unlawful postponements to every registered candidate.
- →Right to age and attempt protection, with no attempt lost and automatic extension of age eligibility after paper leaks or cancelled examinations.
- →Right to affordable education, with no semester-wise fee hikes and 50% of seats in private medical and professional colleges at fees equivalent to government colleges.
- →Right to certainty, through an annual examination calendar and a two-year notice period for any change in syllabus, examination pattern or eligibility.
- →Right to transparency, including access to answer keys, evaluated response sheets, normalisation methodology.
- →Right to time-bound grievance redressal, through a unified portal with acknowledgement within 48 hours, decision within 30 days, and automatic escalation to the Examinations Ombudsman.
Four
Create a National Aspirant Welfare Fund
Support aspirants and families when the system fails
- →Financial assistance for families of aspirants who lose their lives following paper leaks.
- →Mandate access to mental health counselling through coaching institutes in major coaching hubs.
- →Regulate coaching institutes through fee transparency and protection against misleading advertisements.
Five
Permanent Parliamentary Oversight
Make examination authorities answer to Parliament every year, not only when there's a scandal
- →Create a Permanent Parliamentary Standing Committee on Examinations to ensure continuous parliamentary oversight.
- →Publish a White Paper on twelve years of examination failures and recruitment delays within the next 6 months.
- →Conduct independent audit of the implementation status of K. Radhakrishnan Committee's recommendations.
- →Table an Annual Students' Rights Report before Parliament.
“The conduct of fair and transparent public examinations is not a privilege. It is the foundation of equal opportunity.”
— CJP Examination Reform Charter, 2026
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