Dipu Moni warns of tough action against question leakage

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Tuesday urged the students, guardians and teachers not to go for any sort of illegal means ahead of the forthcoming public examinations.

“We are working for education as a challenge. The examinees must be attentive to studies. The examinations must be held in a free and fair manner and our expectation is that the examinees would make better results,” she said, addressing the 48th National School and Madrasa Winter Sports Competition as chief guest at the city’s M A Aziz Stadium in Chattogram.

The education minister urged the teachers, students and guardians to attach equal importance to extracurricular activities like sports, music and other cultural events in educational institutions alongside academic activities to flourish the latent talents of the students.

She also urged the teachers and guardians to be mindful to the students to keep them away from terrorism, militancy and drug.

Dipu Moni said the government has strengthened its efforts for checking question paper leakage in the upcoming Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations scheduled to begin on February 2.

“Stern actions will be taken against those involved in any irregularities including leaking question papers during the SSC examinations,” she added.

Seeking cooperation from all to check question paper leakage, the minister urged the guardians and examinees not to hunt for collecting leaked question papers.

The education minister said all departments concerned are sincerely working to root out all possible sources of question paper leakage as some vested quarters are involved with the malpractices.

Speaking in the function, Deputy Minister for Education Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (Nowfel) said when he was a student a vested quarter had forbidden knowing about Bangabandhu, the history of Liberation War and the historic national movements.

Mohibul Hasan urged the students to know the history of Bangladesh, its Liberation War and about the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS.

Director General of Secondary and Higher Education Directorate Professor Dr Sayed Golam Faruk Presided over the function while Education Division Secretary Md Sohrab Hossain, Secretary of Technical and Madrasa Education Division Mohammad Alam, Divisional Commissioner of Chattogram Abdul Mannan, Acting Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (KMP) Kushum Dewan and Chairman of Dhaka Education Board Mohammad Ziaul Hoque, among others, also addressed the function.

Chairman Chattogram Education Prof Saheda Islam delivered the address of welcome while chairmen of all education boards, senior officials and representatives of different institutions concerned attended the meeting.

Thousands of students from 220 educational institutions participated in the colourful function brimming the galleries of the stadium.