No SSC exam questions got leaked this year: Dipu Moni

Education Minister Dipu Moni on Saturday said no question paper of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams was leaked this year.

“No question paper of SSC exams was leaked in the last four years,” she added.

The minister told this to local journalists after attending a programme on social harmony in Chandpur sadar upazila. However, She said what happened in Dinajpur is regrettable.

“Secretary of an examination centre took packets containing question papers of different subjects together. A probe is underway to identify the reason behind it and the centre secretary-headmaster has been suspended,” said the education minister.

Legal action will be taken against him, she said.

On September 21, SSC examinations on four subjects under the Dinajpur Education Board were postponed as questions of English 1st paper and 2nd paper of the ongoing SSC exams went viral on Facebook and WhatsApp.Dinajpur Board also formed a three-member probe committee headed by Prof Faraz Uddin Talukdar, college inspector of the Education Board.

Earlier on September 20, three school teachers, including Lutfur Rahman, the headmaster and secretary of Bhurungamari Nehal Uddin Pilot High School centre, and two assistant teachers of the school – Zubaiyer Hossain and Aminur Rahman – were arrested in this connection.