M M Jasim :
Country’s intellectuals and academia have said, the nation will get a socially, culturally, morally and intellectually degraded future generation if the question paper leakage continues.
They said, the incidence of question paper leakage has reached an alarming state in many public competitive examinations. It encourages students to engage in criminal activities rather than intellectual practice.
They demanded exemplary punishment to those who are involved with such criminal activities like the question papers leakage.
Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Chowdhury on Sunday termed the question papers leakage as a misfortune for the nation and said, “We should send our children to the examination halls to probe their merit. But they are put unnecessary and unfair competitions through question paper leakage as they wait for the leaked question paper.”
“It is not only the degradation of the education system but it also impacts badly on our culture. So, the country must suffer in future,” said the educationist.
He also demanded of the government to take immediate measurers to stop all the sources of question papers leakage.
Former Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Professor SMA Faiz yesterday said, “If students at such a tender age get involved in a crime like passing with the help of leaked question papers and see that such crime can go unpunished, an attitude of callousness towards the law will develop in them.
He said the government should nab the culprits involved with the question paper leakage and punish them harshly so that no one can dare to do this in future.
Dhaka University Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique said, question paper leakage spreads as epidemic at all level of the society. A portion of students gets the leaked question papers and some other do not get that. It creates competition among the students to get the leaked question papers.
He suggested the government to take all necessary initiatives to check the question papers leakage.
Professor Syed Monjurul Islam said, “Only seven to eight per cent children get GPA 5 while the rest retain a feeling for life that they are not capable of doing better results. Guardians also put pressure on children for higher marks.”
“Question leakage is now a public demand. The guardians have created the demand. It is also a business,” he said.
The intellectuals also urged the government to take necessary initiatives to find out the causes responsible for question paper leakage.
They said, national level debate and strategies need to be planned out accordingly to check the menace.
