Question paper leak in Dhaka, Patuakhali

Teachers involved in scam arrested

Involvement of some teachers in leaking question papers of public exams and providing answers for money is causing immense harm to the education system.

Educationists said the unethical practice for material gain is maligning the entire teachers’ community. Such teachers should be given exemplary punishment, like jail and fine, they added. The police have detained two persons, one of them a teacher, from a restaurant in the capital. They were caught red-handed solving the question paper of botany of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams. They are Sifat Jesmin Nur, a botany teacher of an educational institution in the capital, and Mehedi Hasan, a student of the Tejgaon College.
A mobile court sentenced them to one month's jail, the officer-in-charge of Mohammandpur police station, Jamaluddin Mir, told The Independent yesterday.

The police said they arrested them from a restaurant beside the Lalmatia Mahila College centre. The teacher was solving questions from a Facebook ID. Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain interrogated Mehedi and found the ID.
Two other teachers were arrested for their alleged involvement in leaking question papers and solving the questions in a house beside the Patuakhali Haji Akkel Ali College centre. The mobile court sentenced them to two years' imprisonment.
One of them was Khalilur Rahman, a teacher of the accounting department, and Mokter Ali Mridha, a teacher of the computer science department of the same college. They were sent to jail with a fine of Tk. 10,000, said the OC of Patuakhali Sadar police station, Khandakar Mostafizur Rahman.
Professor emeritus Sirajul Islam Chowdhury told The Independent that these teachers are carrying out such activities only for money.
“Teachers are supposed to guide students about ethical matters, but some of them are involved in unethical activities,” he added.
“Teachers have social responsibility. They have responsibility towards students as well. Such things are happening because teachers are not committed to their profession,” Prof. Dr ASM Maksud Kamal, secretary-general of the Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers’ Association (FBUTA), told The Independent yesterday.
“Political influence is at work in appointment of teachers. There are allegations that teachers are recruited in exchange for money. This cannot ensure quality teachers. Many join the teaching profession when they don’t get any other jobs,” he observed.
Educationists said leaking of question papers has become a 'social disease' and a social movement is necessary to eradicate it.

Question paper leak in Dhaka, Patuakhali

Teachers involved in scam arrested

Involvement of some teachers in leaking question papers of public exams and providing answers for money is causing immense harm to the education system. Educationists said the unethical practice for material gain is maligning the entire teachers community. Such teachers should be given exemplary punishment, like jail and fine, they added. The police have detained two persons, one of them a teacher, from a restaurant in the capital. They were caught red-handed solving the question paper of botany of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams. They are Sifat Jesmin Nur, a botany teacher of an educational institution in the capital, and Mehedi Hasan, a student of the Tejgaon College. A mobile court sentenced them to one months jail, theofficer-in-charge of Mohammandpur police station, Jamaluddin Mir, told The Independent yesterday. The police said they arrested them from a restaurant beside the Lalmatia Mahila College centre. The teacher was solving questions from a Facebook ID. Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain interrogated Mehedi and found the ID. Two other teachers were arrested for their alleged involvement in leaking question papers and solving the questions in a house beside the Patuakhali Haji Akkel Ali College centre. The mobile court sentenced them to two years imprisonment. One of them was Khalilur Rahman, a teacher of the accounting department, and Mokter Ali Mridha, a teacher of the computer science department of the same college. They were sent to jail with a fine of Tk. 10,000, said the OC of Patuakhali Sadar police station, Khandakar Mostafizur Rahman. Professor emeritus Sirajul Islam Chowdhury told The Independent that these teachers are carrying out such activities only for money. Teachers are supposed to guide students about ethical matters, but some of them are involved in unethical activities, he added. Teachers have social responsibility. They have responsibility towards students as well. Such things are happening because teachers are not committed to their profession, Prof. Dr ASM Maksud Kamal, secretary-general of the Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers Association (FBUTA), told The Independent yesterday. Political influence is at work in appointment of teachers. There are allegations that teachers are recruited in exchange for money. This cannot ensure quality teachers. Many join the teaching profession when they dont get any other jobs, he observed. Educationists said leaking of question papers has become a social disease and a social movement is necessary to eradicate it.