The English second paper examination of Higher Secondary Certificate under Dhaka Education Board will be held on schedule despite rumours about question paper leak.
Dhaka Education Board Chairman Taslima Begum told the Dhaka Tribune last night that the English second paper examination will be held today as per the schedule.
About allegations of question paper leak, she earlier in the evening said they had not heard about any such news. “I will be at the office till 10:00 pm. If we find any leaked question, we will take action accordingly,” she added.
But at 10:40pm she told the Dhaka Tribune that they found the rumour to be baseless.
The English examination was scheduled for May 8, but later postponed following allegations of question paper leak. Rumour has it that the question paper of the rescheduled examination has also been leaked.
‘Leaked’ question paper was posted on several Facebook pages since yesterday afternoon. A Facebook page ‘Proshno Bazaar’ posted a mobile phone number on its status saying,
“If anyone wants to get the original question paper, contact me at 01780730122.”
This correspondent phoned the man who demanded Tk500 for providing the original question paper. “Please send me Tk300 in advance and we will send you the original question paper. After the examination, you have to pay Tk200 more,” the man told this correspondent.
The ‘question paper’ of English second paper examination was also posted on several other Facebook pages.
Earlier, there were rumours of question leak in mathematics first paper examination scheduled for May 24. The leaked questions matched the original ones on which the students took the examination next day.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
