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Leak of question papers forced the Dinajpur Education Board to postpone examinations of four subjects of the ongoing Secondary School Certificate examinations.
The postponement followed question paper leak in Bhurungamari of Kurigram on two consecutive days.
Secondary and Higher Education Division Secretary Md Abu Bakar Siddique told reporters, “The SSC examination on four subjects has been suspended as question papers were leaked and three people including the secretary of an examination centre were detained in this regard.”
Abu Bakar Siddique said the question papers were leaked when those were brought from the locker of the Bhurungamari police station by the exam centre secretary.
“He took some additional question papers of science group which came to our attention later,” he said.
The secretary said probes are on to determine whether the question papers were taken for commercial purposes or to help someone personally.
Earlier in the morning, chairman of Dinajpur education board Prof Md Quamrul Islam in a statement said that the SSC exams of Mathematics, Physics, Agricultural Science and Chemistry subjects have been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances.
The new schedule for the exams will be announced soon while exams on other subjects will be held as per schedule, he added.
Police have arrested Lutfur Rahman, the headmaster and secretary of Bhurungamari Nehal Uddin Pilot High School exam centre, and two assistant teachers of the school, Zubaiyer Hossain and Aminur Rahman.
A team of local police conducted a drive in Bhurungamari around midnight Tuesday and arrested them.
Before arrest of the teachers, a team led by Dinajpur Education Board chairman Prof Quamrul Islam conducted a probe and found evidence against the trio.
Earlier, the SSC and equivalent exams began under 11 education boards across the country on September 15.
