New Delhi, May 31 -- For a student, the past two-three weeks have been nothing short of an out-of-body experience-not the dreamy kind, but a helpless watching as events spiral out of control. With NEET paper leaks, the uncertainty around class XII results and the sudden appearance of CBSE's three-language formula in the lives of class IX students, the past few weeks have been marred by chaos and anxiety. While parents scramble to get clarifications from higher authorities, students seem to be stuck in a waiting room.

As a parent of a child in senior school, I have a real-time window into the uncertainty that has gripped the students. The syllabus is changed but books are not available, subjects are suddenly introduced, subjects are sudde...