He has suggested digitalising the process to put an end to the national embarrassment.
Speaking to reporters after a programme at the ministry on Wednesday, Jabbar also said it was ‘not right’ to blame the internet and the social media for the leaks.
“It’s very simple. Humans, not Facebook or the internet or WhatsApp, leak the question papers,” he said.
The minister, however, added the information technology can be blamed for spreading the leaked question papers.
The government had decided to shut down Facebook and slow down internet speed for hours before the tests but later backtracked following criticism.
IT Minister Jabbar said, “It’s a big challenge for anyone to stop the leaks in the existing system with so many people involved at different stages of making the question papers and taking those to the students.”
“And the digital technology does certainly have ways to provide full-proof security. We have these technologies, but it will be a challenge to use those with hundreds of thousands of candidates, institutions, and teachers,” he said.