The primary and mass education ministry has cancelled the written tests
for recruiting assistant teachers for primary schools in 17 districts
after the ministry probe committee found that question papers of the
test were leaked.
The ministry took the decision on Sunday after the committee to probe the allegations of question leaks submitted its report.
The ministry additional secretary SM Ashraful Islam told New Age that
the decision was taken after the probe committee had found that
questions were leaked in the districts.
The districts in which questions were leaked are Dhaka, Narayanganj,
Mymensingh, Netrakona, Sherpur, Rajshahi, Lalmonirhat, Cox’s Bazar,
Satkhira, Pabna, Jhenaidah, Rajbari, Meherpur, Khulna, Sunamganj,
Moulvibazaar and Habiganj.
Fresh written tests will be taken in these districts, said SM Ashraful Islam.
Ministry sources said the probe had found that two sets of questions,
namely Huang Ho and Mississippi, were fully leaked. There were seven
sets of questions for the test.
The ministry had formed a four-member probe committee on November 12 to
investigate the allegation that questions for written tests held on
November 8 for recruiting assistant teachers in primary schools in
different districts had been leaked.
About 9.68 lakh candidates took the written tests for around 7,000 posts
of assistant teachers for pre-primary classes in 61 districts except
three hill districts of Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban. (source)