NTA, CUTE FAILURE EXPOSES GOVERNMENT CARELESSNESS.
A “technical glitch” in one of India’s biggest national entrance exams? Spare us the tired corporate-government cliché.
When a massive organisation like the NTA — handling the futures of lakhs of students with crores of rupees in budget — can’t keep its servers, software, and basic IT infrastructure running on exam day, it’s not a glitch. It’s criminal negligence wrapped in excuses.
Students didn’t spend years preparing just to sit anxiously while some official shrugs and mutters “server down.” This isn’t a small startup bootstrapping on a shoestring. This is the Government of India. They have enough resources to build airports, launch satellites, and run massive digital platforms. But when it comes to something as critical as CUET — which decides the trajectory of young lives — they suddenly become helpless victims of “technical issues”?
This is not an “oops” moment. This is utter carelessness and callousness. Poor testing of systems, inadequate backup infrastructure, zero accountability, and an arrogant assumption that students will just adjust and suffer quietly. Every such failure exposes how little the system actually cares about merit, hard work, and the anxiety it inflicts on 18-20 year olds whose entire year hinges on one exam.
Why do our giant public institutions repeatedly treat “technical glitch” as an acceptable excuse for incompetence? A responsible nation doesn’t allow the futures of its youth to be derailed by preventable IT disasters. Fix the system, or stop pretending you deserve to run it.