The English second paper examination of Higher Secondary Certificate under Dhaka board, set to be held today, has been postponed following allegation of question leak.
No new date has been fixed while schedule of other exams have remained unchanged.
The authorities did not admit the allegation, rather mentioned that the reason was “unavoidable.”
But several examinees told the Dhaka Tribune that they had seen the question paper through mobile messages yesterday evening which spread within a very short time.
Taslima Begum, chairman of the Dhaka Education Board, last night told the Dhaka tribune: “The English second paper examination of Dhaka board has been postponed for an unavoidable reason. The new schedule will be fixed later.”
The decision was made at an emergency meeting of the authorities last night. The HSC and equivalent examinations began across the country on April 3.
Some examinees and parents told the Dhaka Tribune that they had got question papers of all the three previous exams through mobile messages, a day before the scheduled dates. All the questions also matched with the main question papers.
Seeking not to be named, a candidate said: “I got all the three [Bangla first and second papers, and English first paper]. A friend of mine gave me those questions through SMS. I also sent the questions to my other close friends.”
Yesterday, the Dhaka Tribune also received an SMS. The questions were written in short form.
But Taslima Begum denied the allegation. She said: “We also heard about the leak during the previous examinations, but we did not find any proof.”
