Staff Reporter :
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on February 4 declared bounty amounting to Tk 5 lakh for capturing or giving authentic information about those involved in question paper leaks.
The ministry has formed an 11-members probe committee in this regard, but no progress.
Educationists and elite group held the ministry responsible for failure to check leakage.
The guardians said, question papers were supplied by private tutors through messengers, whatsApp, face book and different other sources paying Tk 100 to 2,500.
They also claimed that Mathematics, Physics and English Paper-II got about five to 10 hours and other subjects’ questions were received by them about an hour before the examinations.
However, the law enforces picked up several teachers, examinees, and guardians with leakage question papers.
Many of got leak question papers through face book, messenger and whatsApp.
Ten out of 11 SSC examinees who were detained on Tuesday were produced before a Chittagong court on Wednesday over question paper leaks were given bail following their guardians’ undertakings.
Their lawyers alleged that main culprits of question paper leaks were not caught, whereas the students as ‘victims’ were detained.
A tidal surge of question papers leaks has just swept the nation. The children have now been victims of such deluge (of question paper leaks),” Zafar Iqbal, a lawyer who represented the students, told the Chittagong Metropolitan Juvenile Court.
He insisted that the government must first stop “the surge of question paper leaks”.
“Why do those who are behind the question leaks remain untraced? Here, those who are victims are being blamed,” said Monzurul Haque, another lawyer.
A total of 40 lawyers stood for the detained students in the court on Wednesday opposing remand sought by the police.
Judge Jannatul Ferdaus granted bail prayers for 10 students as their guardians assured the court that they would comply with law. Explanation from the guardian of one more examinee was satisfactory to the court.
Some 24 examinees of science section were expelled and nine students and one female teacher detained as they were allagedly caught red-handed with Physics question paper of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations, on board a bus near Mahila Samity High School and College centre in Chittagong.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told the New Nation on Thursday that they need more time to identify real culprits and nab them.
State Minister for Technical and Madrasa Education Kazi Keramat Ali said “There are more than 4,000 exam centres in the country. Some dishonest teachers take images of question just before the exam starts and upload that on Face book to embarrass the government.
Speaking with media, brother of one of the female examinees, present on the court premises, said his sister was not involved in the question paper leaks. She got the questions from the Facebook and Whatsapp, he claimed.
He observed that the children are being harassed by the detention process and their implications in the lawsuit. “It’s in fact the responsibility of the state to address the question paper leakage.”
Professor Syed Manzoorul Islam of Dhaka University said, “I think that question paper leaks will become normal. This is a failure of Education Ministry, administration and law enforces agencies.”
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on February 4 declared bounty amounting to Tk 5 lakh for capturing or giving authentic information about those involved in question paper leaks.
The ministry has formed an 11-members probe committee in this regard, but no progress.
Educationists and elite group held the ministry responsible for failure to check leakage.
The guardians said, question papers were supplied by private tutors through messengers, whatsApp, face book and different other sources paying Tk 100 to 2,500.
They also claimed that Mathematics, Physics and English Paper-II got about five to 10 hours and other subjects’ questions were received by them about an hour before the examinations.
However, the law enforces picked up several teachers, examinees, and guardians with leakage question papers.
Many of got leak question papers through face book, messenger and whatsApp.
Ten out of 11 SSC examinees who were detained on Tuesday were produced before a Chittagong court on Wednesday over question paper leaks were given bail following their guardians’ undertakings.
Their lawyers alleged that main culprits of question paper leaks were not caught, whereas the students as ‘victims’ were detained.
A tidal surge of question papers leaks has just swept the nation. The children have now been victims of such deluge (of question paper leaks),” Zafar Iqbal, a lawyer who represented the students, told the Chittagong Metropolitan Juvenile Court.
He insisted that the government must first stop “the surge of question paper leaks”.
“Why do those who are behind the question leaks remain untraced? Here, those who are victims are being blamed,” said Monzurul Haque, another lawyer.
A total of 40 lawyers stood for the detained students in the court on Wednesday opposing remand sought by the police.
Judge Jannatul Ferdaus granted bail prayers for 10 students as their guardians assured the court that they would comply with law. Explanation from the guardian of one more examinee was satisfactory to the court.
Some 24 examinees of science section were expelled and nine students and one female teacher detained as they were allagedly caught red-handed with Physics question paper of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations, on board a bus near Mahila Samity High School and College centre in Chittagong.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told the New Nation on Thursday that they need more time to identify real culprits and nab them.
State Minister for Technical and Madrasa Education Kazi Keramat Ali said “There are more than 4,000 exam centres in the country. Some dishonest teachers take images of question just before the exam starts and upload that on Face book to embarrass the government.
Speaking with media, brother of one of the female examinees, present on the court premises, said his sister was not involved in the question paper leaks. She got the questions from the Facebook and Whatsapp, he claimed.
He observed that the children are being harassed by the detention process and their implications in the lawsuit. “It’s in fact the responsibility of the state to address the question paper leakage.”
Professor Syed Manzoorul Islam of Dhaka University said, “I think that question paper leaks will become normal. This is a failure of Education Ministry, administration and law enforces agencies.”
