32 question sets to combat leak

The government has decided to prepare 32 sets of question papers for every subject in public examinations to combat leaks, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has said.

“We’ll prepare 32 sets of question papers in public examinations. The students have to study everything (to answer them) even if a question paper were leaked,” he told reporters on Wednesday after an inter-ministerial meeting.

At present, four sets of question papers are prepared for each subject in public exams.

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Allegations of question paper leak arose from the beginning of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams. The authorities conducted the exam of the English second paper twice amid the allegations.

There were allegations of leaked English first paper, and physics, mathematics and chemistry papers too.

The minister said the system of preparing, printing and preserving question papers for public exams were being changed in view of the several cases leaks.

“Massive changes have been made at different stages starting from question paper moderation and printing. There is no scope of anyone contacting (those involved in setting the papers). Code will be used (for communication),” he added.

Nahid said a committee would be formed comprising the stakeholders to supervise question paper preparation.

He said the committee could monitor different stages of question paper preparation through random checks.

Officials from the education, home and public administration ministries, cabinet division, Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, education boards, and law enforcement agencies were present at the meeting.