Tight security as India holds exam retest after leak scandal
India’s 2.2 million aspiring medical students sit a re-examination under tight security on Sunday, after the last test was scrapped following a paper leak that triggered widespread outrage.
The failure of the hugely competitive exam, along with a separate marking fiasco in high school tests, sparked an outcry and fueled youth protests demanding the education minister’s resignation.
The authorities say they have deployed more than 200,000 officials, including police, and restricted the Telegram messaging app.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) said it had put in a place a “multi-layered security framework to ensure a fair and transparent examination.”
