M M Jasim :
The government has taken all out measures to prevent question paper leakage before and during the Secondary School Certificate examinations and its equivalent examinations beginning on February 2, the Education Ministry sources said.
On January 20 the government directed closure of all the coaching centres during the SSC and the equivalent examinations.
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said, “Question papers will be sent to the centres in a special kind of aluminum packet as part of our efforts to check question leak.”
She also warned of taking stern action against those people who will be involved in such kind of immoral activities.
The minister also said that examination centre secretaries only would be allowed to use smartphones in the centres.
As done in the past, all candidates will have to enter their respective centres 30 minutes before. “If someone is late, he or she will have to show a valid reason,” she said.
“We will increase the number of question paper sets this year so that the tests can be held with another set to avoid postponement,” Md Sohrab Hossain, Secretary (Secondary and Higher Education Division) of the Education Ministry said.
The government is taking these measures as the written part of last year’s SSC examinations witnessed a spate of question leaks.
Questions of Bangla 1st and 2nd papers, English 1st and 2nd papers, religious and moral studies, general mathematics, physics, chemistry, Bangladesh and global studies, biology and higher mathematics were reportedly leaked at least one hour before the examinations began in 2018.
Examinees and their guardians said that the questions, mostly the multiple choice questions,
were leaked and found posted online in several Facebook and Whatsapp groups.
Allegations of question leaks forced the education ministry to form an 11-member committee on February 4, 2018.
On the day, government also announced a bounty of Tk five lakh on anyone involved in question leak.
When government efforts failed, on February 15, the High Court for the first time appointed two five-member committees, including a judicial committee, to hook those involved in leaking questions.
Law enforcement agencies arrested more than 153 people, including at least 10 teachers, for their alleged involvement in question leak and 53 cases were filed in this regard, during and after SSC examinations.
The government has taken all out measures to prevent question paper leakage before and during the Secondary School Certificate examinations and its equivalent examinations beginning on February 2, the Education Ministry sources said.
On January 20 the government directed closure of all the coaching centres during the SSC and the equivalent examinations.
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said, “Question papers will be sent to the centres in a special kind of aluminum packet as part of our efforts to check question leak.”
She also warned of taking stern action against those people who will be involved in such kind of immoral activities.
The minister also said that examination centre secretaries only would be allowed to use smartphones in the centres.
As done in the past, all candidates will have to enter their respective centres 30 minutes before. “If someone is late, he or she will have to show a valid reason,” she said.
“We will increase the number of question paper sets this year so that the tests can be held with another set to avoid postponement,” Md Sohrab Hossain, Secretary (Secondary and Higher Education Division) of the Education Ministry said.
The government is taking these measures as the written part of last year’s SSC examinations witnessed a spate of question leaks.
Questions of Bangla 1st and 2nd papers, English 1st and 2nd papers, religious and moral studies, general mathematics, physics, chemistry, Bangladesh and global studies, biology and higher mathematics were reportedly leaked at least one hour before the examinations began in 2018.
Examinees and their guardians said that the questions, mostly the multiple choice questions,
were leaked and found posted online in several Facebook and Whatsapp groups.
Allegations of question leaks forced the education ministry to form an 11-member committee on February 4, 2018.
On the day, government also announced a bounty of Tk five lakh on anyone involved in question leak.
When government efforts failed, on February 15, the High Court for the first time appointed two five-member committees, including a judicial committee, to hook those involved in leaking questions.
Law enforcement agencies arrested more than 153 people, including at least 10 teachers, for their alleged involvement in question leak and 53 cases were filed in this regard, during and after SSC examinations.
