23 education officials transferred amid criticism over question leaks

The government has transferred 23 senior members of the BCS education cadre out of Dhaka.

Among the officials are the assistant personal secretary to Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, the college inspector and university inspector of the Dhaka Education Board, the department director, deputy director and assistant director of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), and officials from the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) and the Directorate of Inspection and Audit (DIA).

The DSHE issued the replacement orders for eight members of the DSHE, six members of the Dhaka Board, nine members of the NCTB, an official from the DIA and a few members of education boards outside Dhaka on Thursday.

The decision was taken by the education ministry amid heavy criticism of SSC question leaks.

An official from the ministry told bdnews24.com that some education officials had used their influence to hold on to positions in Dhaka. Some of them had allegedly been involved in financial corruption, they said.

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DSHE Director (Monitoring and Evaluation Wing) Md Selim, Deputy Director (Accounts and Audit) Md Fazle Elahi, Deputy Director (College-2) Md Mesbah Uddin Sarkar, Deputy Director SM Kamal Uddin have been transferred outside Dhaka.

DSHE Deputy Director Md Shafiqul Islam, Assistant Director Zakir Hossain, Deputy Director KM Rashedul Hasan and Assistant Director Mohammad Delwar Hossain were also transferred.

Dhaka Education Board College Inspector Ashfaqul Salehin, University Inspector ATM Moinul Hossain, Deputy Secretary Mohammad Nazmul Haque, Deputy Exam Controller Masuda Begum, Deputy Director Mannath Ranjan Baroi and former Assistant Personal Secretary to the Education Minister and Deputy Exam Director Aditya Kumar Ray have been moved out of Dhaka.

NCTB Secretary Dilruba Ahmed and experts Fatema Nasima Akhtar, Monira Begum and Shaheenara Begum were also transferred.

NCTB science officers Marufa Begum, Md Habibullah and Mohammad Shah Alam and Production Regulator Md Abdul Mazid, and DIA Assistant Education Director Md Kawser Hossain were also replaced by the education ministry.

Media reports had named some of these officials in connection with the recent question leaks.