A system of leaks

Our JSC and JDC examinations are thoroughly compromised, there is no other way of seeing it. With the recent leakage of the Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate examination question papers all over social networks, we are prompted to ask the government: Why is something not being done to stop these leaks? Given the alarming frequency of question paper leaks, we are compelled to believe that the issue is not being given the necessary amount of attention. According to our reports, the syndicates that deal in leaked question papers give away the first question paper for free to gain the trust of students, and then charge for any subsequent papers. The troubling observation here is that this is the same method that drug dealers often employ to prey upon weak-willed addicts -- many of the students and guardians who have confessed to using the leaked papers have said that simply studying for the exams no longer feels like an option to them. What makes the situation worse is the lack of accountability from the sectors concerned, who choose, instead, to pass the buck to other bodies, with the education ministry outright denying the existence of these syndicates. This is now a disease within our public education infrastructure, and a major reason for why people are quickly losing faith in the system. Stopping these question papers from being leaked would be a great first step, but there is no denying that only comprehensive reform of the entire system is the only way out of this quagmire.