Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday said, the government will soon enact laws with provision of imprisonment and fines on charge of spreading rumours and creating confusions regarding question paper leaks.
He said that the existing law would be amended keeping provisions of prison sentence, fine and confiscation of property for the said offences.
“Mobile courts will be operated to prevent question paper leakage. We will prepare 32 sets of questions for public examinations,” Nahid said.
At present, four sets of question papers are made for public examination.
Speaking with reporters after an inter-ministerial meeting, Nahid said, the government is effecting major changes in the processes of preparing, printing and distributing question papers.
Under the ‘Public Examinations (Offence) Act’ of 1994, a punishment of four years in prison can be awarded for involvement in leaking papers. The provision for a 10-year prison term under a 1980 law was later amended.
The English 2nd paper examination of HSC under Dhaka Board was held twice this year consequent upon leakage of questions papers.
There were reports of leakage of question papers of Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics too.
