After the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) paper leak controversy shook the country, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday demanded the immediate dismissal of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over massive irregularities in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) evaluation, saying lakhs of students were being pushed into trauma and uncertainty because of an “incompetent and ineffective” education system.
Flagging widespread complaints over blurred scanned copies, non-functional portals, failed payment gateways and the controversial OSM (On-Screen Marking) process, Arvind Kejriwal said the Centre had pushed the future of lakhs of children into darkness and must immediately allow free manual re-evaluation while scrapping the current revaluation process.
In a post on X, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal stated, “After the massive scam that has now come to light in CBSE evaluation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should immediately sack Dharmendra Pradhan. Dharmendra Pradhan is not fit to remain the Education Minister of this country for even a day or a second.”
Arvind Kejriwal added, “First there was large-scale irregularity in NEET, and now a major scam has surfaced in the CBSE evaluation process. Lakhs of Class 12 students across the country are under immense stress and depression. Their parents are also deeply disturbed and anxious.”
Raising the demands being made by students, Arvind Kejriwal said, “Students are demanding that every child seeking re-evaluation should be given manual re-evaluation. Secondly, the re-evaluation fee should be waived. Thirdly, the entire OSM process should be scrapped.
Fourthly, re-evaluation should be completed at the earliest so that students’ admission process is not affected and they can secure admission to colleges on time.” Highlighting the technical failures being faced by students, Arvind Kejriwal said, “It is being reported that the portal has not been functioning properly for the last four to five days and students are unable to log in.
One of my friends told me that his daughter managed to log in only after trying 40 times. The payment gateway is not functioning and all the scanned copies uploaded by them are blurred. Is this how they plan to build a 21st century India? They should be ashamed.”
Arvind Kejriwal asserted that the Prime Minister must act without delay and remove the Union Education Minister immediately. “At the very least, the Prime Minister can do this much. Lakhs of children in our country cannot be pushed into trauma because of an incompetent and ineffective Education Minister. Prime Minister Narendra Modi should sack Dharmendra Pradhan within a minute,” he said.