ACC targets coaching centre owners in report on education sector

The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has recommended bringing an end to question paper leaks, guidebooks, and private coaching centres in a report to the government.

The national anti-graft watchdog has made 39 recommendations in the report, including stopping corruption in the construction of infrastructure for educational institutions, in bringing these institutions under the government’s monthly payment order or MPO programme, and in transfer and recruitment of teachers.

In the report sent to the Cabinet secretary on Wednesday, the ACC also said it would check illegal assets amassed by the owners of the private coaching centres.

It said the government should ensure transfer of teachers following the law and conduct drives on the publishers of guidebooks,

The commission recommended dropping multiple choice questions or MCQ section from the question papers and including narrative, creative and analytical questions in order to stop leaks.

The ACC made the recommendations based on a report by an institutional team related to education, its spokesperson Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said. ACC Director Mir Md Zainul Abedin headed the team.

Pranab said the ACC would send the recommendations also to the education secretary, director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, chairman of National Curriculum and Textbook Board, and chief engineer of the Education Engineering Department.

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