Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Sunday said the government is scrutinising the allegation of distributing wrong question papers at several centres on the first day of the ongoing SSC and equivalent examinations.
The minister came up with the remarks while visiting an examination centre at Bakshibazar Alia Madrasa in the capital city.
"Strict surveillance has been made sure to stop question paper leaks, and it will continue until the examinations end," she said.
"Social media platforms are also under close observation to this end," she added.
Talking to the reporters, the newly appointed minister said, "If any candidate needs to go out of the exam centre, he/she must leave the question paper in the exam hall so that its spreading through internet can be prevented."
Dipu Moni also sought co-operations from the media as well as the guardians of the candidates to stop leaking, according to a UNB report.
On Saturday, this year's SSC and equivalent examinations commenced with the Bangla first paper.
However, gross mismanagement reportedly marred the first day of the examinations as candidates at various centres across the country were given the wrong question paper sets.
This year, a total of 21,35,333 students — 10,70,441 boys and 10,64,892 girls — from 28,682 institutions, have registered for the exams. The number of examinees rose by more than 0.1 million (1.03 lakh) from last year.
