The Indian government consistently responds to protests with superficial fixes, not addressing core issues, as seen with the NTA crisis. A task force implements a stalled NTA blueprint, prioritizing mere technical solutions like biometrics and standardized centers. This approach, however, ignores structural hiring and pay challenges. The author criticizes the task force's lack of academic diversity, leading to misinterpreting an educational crisis as merely technical. This avoids fundamental questions about exam purpose and fails to build autonomous academic institutions, perpetuating a dysfunctional system.