{"id":286766,"date":"2026-07-27T10:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=286766"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:19:12","slug":"india-pm-modi-launches-exam-system-reforms-after-youth-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/286766\/","title":{"rendered":"India PM Modi launches exam system reforms after youth protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

India’s PM Narendra Modi announced on Sunday the creation of a task force headed by tech entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani to overhaul ‌India’s examination system, following days of youth protests about exam paper leaks, Reuters<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

“Our examination system should be trustworthy, should be transparent and the system should make maximum use of technology,” Modi said on Instagram, adding that new ⁠legislation to deal with paper leaks would be introduced in parliament on Monday.<\/p>\n

The measures would tighten the law and toughen the penalties for culprits, Modi added.<\/p>\n

It was Modi’s first public comment since Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday following the protests by youth activists, who demonstrated for weeks demanding he quit over exam paper leaks ‌in ⁠May.<\/p>\n

The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, which spearheaded the demonstrations, called off its protests on Saturday after its demands were met.<\/p>\n

The immediate cause<\/a> of the protests was public anger over alleged leaks of some of India’s most competitive entrance exams for medical colleges and government jobs.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

India’s PM Narendra Modi announced on Sunday the creation of a task force headed by tech entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani to overhaul ‌India’s examination system, following days of youth protests about exam paper leaks, Reuters writes. “Our examination system should be trustworthy, should be transparent and the system should make maximum use of technology,” Modi said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":286681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,47,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-society","category-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286767,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286766\/revisions\/286767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}