# Left parties demand scrapping of NTA, NEP after UGC-NET errors 2026-08-17T23:46:37+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Left parties have renewed their demand to scrap the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, after errors were found in three UGC-NET papers. The CPI(M) Polit Bureau said the mistakes in the English, Commerce and Sociology papers exposed the NTA's "abject incompetence" and the "entrenched rot" in the education system. The CPI(M) described the NEP as the "root cause of the decay in the education system." According to The Hindu, CPI General Secretary D. Raja alleged the NEP promoted "centralisation, commercialisation and communalisation" of education and had encouraged a "coaching mafia." CPI (ML) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said removing the Union Education Minister was not enough and called for a comprehensive overhaul. Greater Kashmir reported the CPI(M) also condemned the killing of Janab Mafik, father of a volunteer, in West Bengal. The NTA announced a retest for the three papers: English and Commerce on September 9 and Sociology on September 10, 2026. ## Coverage - greaterkashmir.com - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-18T00:26:35+00:00. Tags: CPI(M), National Education Policy, NTA, UGC NET Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/cpim-demands-scrapping-of-nta-and-nep-after-ugc-net-errors/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/cpim-demands-scrapping-of-nta-and-nep-after-ugc-net-errors/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/