India's education system is experiencing a crisis akin to stage-4 cancer. Consecutive failures like the NEET paper leak, CBSE evaluation fraud, and CUET chaos have shattered the trust of 30 lakh students. This failure highlights a grim reality

the ruling elite does not trust the institutions they govern. Ministers, bureaucrats, and even opposition leaders secure their children's futures in prestigious Western universities. Beyond the moral failure of these double standards,

this presents a severe vulnerability—the potential for foreign powers to leverage high officials' families via visa status or investments as geopolitical blackmail. India urgently needs mandatory disclosure laws and security policies preventing those with foreign dependencies from holding critical defense or intelligence positions.