Primary Terminal Exam
Probe body finds no leakage of question paper
The probe committee formed to investigate the allegation of a question paper of primary terminal examinations 2012 to have been leaked did not find the allegation to be true.
The committee submitted its report to the Primary and Mass Education Secretary (in-charge) MM Neazuddin yesterday.
The ministry on November 22 formed the three-member committee headed by its Joint Secretary Gias Uddin Ahmed following reports of two newspapers that question paper for Bangla was leaked out in some areas of the capital.
Talking to journalists, Gias said some questions made by coaching centres in their model tests matched the main question paper partially and that is quite usual, he said.
The committee suggested formulating several sets of question papers and setting up a separate unit in the Bangladesh Government Press for printing the question paper.
The examination, considered the largest public exam in the country, began on November 21 with some 29 lakh students registering to sit for the exams.
The examination will end on November 29.
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