The mathematics question paper for the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination (HSC) matched the leaked questions circulated on Saturday night on a social networking media site.
The Dhaka Tribune looked into the original question and found that 95% of the questions were strikingly similar to that of the leaked question paper.
The questions 1, 2 (or), 4, 5, 6 (or), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (or), 12, 13, 14, 15 (or), 16, 16B (or), 17, and 18 (or) of the original question paper of the Dhaka Board exactly matched the leaked one.
Rumours were rife on Saturday night that the mathematics question paper had been leaked. Some social media groups posted the leaked question paper.
The Dhaka Tribune downloaded some of the question papers.
On Sunday, after the Mathematics examination was held, the Dhaka Tribune collected the original question paper.
However, Intermediate and Secondary Education Board Chairman Taslima Begum denied that the leaked questions matched the original one.
“We have collected the leaked questions from Facebook and matched them with the original questions and found they were not the same,” she said.
When asked, how and from where the Facebook groups were collecting the leaked questions, she stated: “Only Allah knows where they were getting those questions from.”
Earlier, the Dhaka Education Board had to postpone the English Second Paper examination after allegations were made regarding question paper leakage. The Education Ministry also formed a committee to investigate the incident and the committee is now working.
A Facebook page “Porikher Ager Rater Proshno Nin” (Get the question paper the night before the examination), posted a question paper on Saturday night. The examination was scheduled to be held the next day (Sunday).
Another group “Bangladesh HSC Board 2014 Suggestion and Question Help Line/Center” posted on Saturday night: “Send me message if you want to get 100% real mathematics questions.”
Another group “HSC Exam 2014” posted a question and put up a status: “Tell me which board’s question you want.”
Comments of many students were found beneath the leaked questions saying “almost 95% of the questions were common.”
A group “Paro Tomar Provur Name” (Read in the name of your God) posted at 6pm on Sunday: “The Mathematics question paper we provided yesterday matched 95% of the original one and this is tomorrow’s Mathematics Second Paper question. We hope that you will find 95% common in this paper too.”
Another group “Shapno Shoha Pakhi” also posted a question on Saturday night.
