M M Jasim :
Believe it or not, the question paper leakage has now started at the level of Class II.
Hearing the news of question paper leakage in 140 government and non-government schools in Barguna, everyone says that it is unbelievable, unimaginable and surprising.
Consequently the examinations of 140 primary schools in Betagi upazila were suspended on Sunday for the aforesaid reason.
When the upazila primary education officials came to know about the question paper leak through social media on Saturday night, they immediately halted the test in 140 government and non-government schools where students were scheduled to sit for the examination on Sunday, said Md A Mazid, Barguna District Education Officer.
The test will now be held on December 21 with a new question paper, he added.
A two-member probe committee has been formed with instruction to submit the probe report within three days.
Meanwhile, the examinations of 113 primary schools in Munshiganj Sadar upazila were suspended on Tuesday last as the question papers of Class II, III and IV were leaked.
The Munshiganj District Administration on Tuesday took the decision in an emergency meeting finding that the question papers of Class II, III and IV were leaked.
Bangla examination for students of Class II, III and IV was supposed to be held on Tuesday.
Candidates were waiting for their examination despite the allegations that a number of question papers had been found on Facebook before the tests. However, this time, those were posted free of cost.
Most of the questions, including letters, essays, seen and unseen passages on some Facebook pages matched with those in the original question paper.
Munshiganj Deputy Commissioner Shayla Farzana said that the accusation of question paper leak surfaced on Monday night and after verification the examinations were stopped.
The district’s Primary Education Officer Panchanan Bala said the new date would be announced soon.
Police on Wednesday arrested nine persons in connection with the question papers leakage of class II-IV in Munshiganj.
Meanwhile, the country’s educationists said, it is a strange incident.
They also expressed their unhappiness over the incident of question paper leakage.
The educationists were talking to The New Nation after suspension of examinations of 113 primary schools in Munshiganj Sadar upazila due to question papers leakage of Class II, III, and IV.
Professor Syed Anwar Hossain of Dhaka University’s History Department said, question paper leakage has been a regular phenomenon in the country.
It is beyond understandable how the question papers of Class II, III and IV are leaked. I have heard it for the first time, he said.
“Someone is painting the evil design to destroy the whole education sector. The government should not sit idle. Otherwise, there will be a severe consequence,” he said.
Professor Syed Moonjurul Islam of English Department of Dhaka University said, “It was an unexpected incident. It is high time to think about reforming the whole education management from primary to higher education level.”
“An unknown group of people have been trying to make the country infertile. Their first target is to demolish the education sector. So, the government must be cautious and take measures to face the problem,” Syed Moonjurul said.
