M M Jasim :
The question papeeakage in the ongoing Secondary School Certificate Examination-2017 is reportedly going on.
The photo copies of Bengoli Second Paper, English 1st Paper and 2nd Paper questions which have cent per cent similarities with the leaked question papers went viral on facebook and WhatsApp.
The students and the guardians expressed their deep concern over the question paper leakage and said that the continuation of leakage would shatter the total education structure. Guardians also complained that questions were routinely being leaked, but the perpetrators remain beyond justice. The relevant Ministries and Departments form probe committees, but none of their reports is ever released to the public.
A female SSC student wishing anonymity told The New Nation that she found a question paper on the facebook page named “Out Proshner Bazar” before the night of the English 2nd paper examination. She denied the question papers. But after starting of the examination, she found cent per cent similarities between the Board and facebook providing question papers.
“I never want to sit for the examination following leaked question papers. I want to write in the examination papers what my brain contains,” she said.
A guardian, preferring not to be named, said, “If you go through some Facebook pages, you will get such questions. Then why doesn’t the government take any action?”
“We are not sure whether the government measures to check the leak are enough. We are afraid about the fate of upcoming examinations,” he said.
On Thursday, students took part in the English 2nd paper examination amid allegations of question leak on the night before.
When they checked with the original questions the following day, they found many questions including essay and unseen passages matched with the original ones.
The teachers also became astonished after getting the question papers yesterday.
A teacher of a renowned school in the capital said her students informed them about the question paper leakage. But she ignored it outright and challenged the students that it was impossible to leak any question. He was surprised after getting almost similar question paper yesterday.
On Sunday, students sat for their Bangla second paper examination amid allegations of question leak the night before.
They found many questions including essay and unseen passages matched with the original ones.
According to the sample question, students were asked to write on any of the two topics — “Bangla Nababarsha” (Bangla New Year) and “Paribesh Dushon” (Environment Pollution) — while the original question paper had the same thing, said a guardian of an SSC examinee from Uttara
The SSC and equivalent examinations began on February 2 with more than 17.86 lakh students taking the tests. The examinees took Bangla first paper on the first day.
Briefing reporters two days before the examinations, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid had said, “Here is no possibility for the original question paper to be leaked…”
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said following the allegation of leak of English first paper question on Facebook, the officials of Dhaka Board checked with the original questions and became certain that the questions were not leaked.
“We are alert and our law enforcing agencies are continuing their monitoring,” he said, requesting the parents and students not to go after the fake question paper.
Meanwhile, Dhaka Board Chairman Professor Mahabubur Rahman admitted the matter and said some members of the question paper leakage syndicate have been arrested. But he did not reveal the name of the perpetrators.
“This is a matter of investigation. It is also very difficult to find out the actual culprit. We are trying to search the root of the incident,” he said.
There have been allegations of question leak in the SSC and HSC examinations in the past several years. In most of the cases, questions were leaked allegedly through Facebook and SMS. In 2014, a government inquiry committee found question papers of English second paper, and Mathematics second paper of the HSC examination under the Dhaka Board were leaked.
