The present government last year formulated a set of regulations for teachers to control unauthorised coaching practice at the educational institutions. But coaching business still continued unhindered in different educational institutions of Khulna city.
These coaching centres were teaching students unethical practices, including leakage of question papers, instead of boosting morale in them. Some teachers engaged themselves in coaching business to make a fast buck rather than giving proper attention to the regular studies of their students.
In different schools and colleges, the authorities were conducting coaching classes. They opened more than one batch for coaching and teachers were getting additional financial benefit from it.
Recently, guardians of Iqbal Nagar Secondary Girls High School submitted a written complaint in this regard to the chairman of the managing committee of the school. Immediately after the complaint submitted, some question papers were leaked from the school on August 29. Then the authorities were compelled to change the examination dates.
In the complaint, the guardians alleged that a few teachers of the institution were running a coaching centre and a kindergarten in front of the school. Those teachers were also providing coaching service to female students in the new building of the school for a certain time. If the students refuse to receive coaching service, they are given less numbers in the examination, a few guardians alleged.
Besides, the teachers leak question papers for the coaching students so that they can get increased marks in the examinations.
Assistant Head Teacher Firoza Banu said those teachers against whom the complaint was lodged were not present at the moment in the school. The delay in printing question papers was the reason behind changing the date of examination, she said.
She declined to make any comment about the reported question paper leakage without the consent of the headmaster.
