Leaks, Access, and the Slippery Slope of Privilege The arrest of Manisha Gurunath Mandhare, a Pune teacher set to retire in seven months, has exposed a disturbing trend within the National Testing Agency (NTA) responsible for conducting the NEET UG exams.
As one of nine suspects caught up in the NEET UG leak case, Mandhare's involvement raises questions about access and privilege in our education system.
Mandhare's position as a subject expert with the NTA granted her access to confidential botany and zoology papers that she would otherwise have been barred from seeing.