Can a tech titan ace a test to fix India’s crisis-hit education system?

Nandan Nilekani, architect of India's digital identity platform Aadhaar, faces an uphill battle overhauling India's education system amid exam scandals, student protests, and rising youth unemployment, with analysts questioning whether his digital expertise can boost employability and drive deeper reforms.

Can a tech titan ace a test to fix India’s crisis-hit education system? Nandan Nilekani’s efforts to reform the nation’s education sector face employability and AI challenges amid anger over exam scandals India https://www.scmp.com/topics/india?module=inline&pgtype=article ’s tech titan Nandan Nilekani faces an uphill battle overhauling the country’s education system amid exam scandals, student protests and rising youth unemployment. paper leaks https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3362781/most-indians-not-happy-way-modi-handled-exam-scandals-sparked-protests-poll?module=inline&pgtype=article involving the competitive exam for aspiring doctors, the National Eligibility Entrance Test. Analysts say the real test for a reformer best known for building digital systems at population scale is whether he can help push deeper changes in India’s education sector and boost youth employability. Nilekani is the architect of a national digital identity platform that serves as the backbone of India’s digital public infrastructure, providing access to an array of services even for remote communities. Singapore https://www.scmp.com/topics/singapore?module=inline&pgtype=article , Indonesia and Cambodia. Yet delivering quality education on a massive scale remains a challenge despite platforms like Diksha a digital platform for school education and Swayam an online learning portal for higher education , partly because of gaps in device ownership, language diversity and economic inequalities that leave many children dependent on underfunded schools.