Chintito
See If you Can Pass
The examinations were long over amid strict invigilation. The students were all impatiently waiting for their results. So tense were they that they could not enjoy their holidays at all. One reason for their anxiety was their own understanding that they had not fared well in what was the exam of their life. There was no cause for them to do well because leading to the exams they had done all the wrong things possible, or impossible.
Eager to know his results before they were published, one of the students, known for his notoriety and tantrums, bribed a needy peon of the department and managed to get his answer scripts out. To his utter dismay, on opening his stolen khata he found out that the questions that he had answered were all criss-crossed with red ink, as if the teacher did not like his answers, found them wrong, which meant, he thought OMG(Oh my General)he was doomed. Surprisingly the teacher had not awarded any marks for each question that he had answered, and thus there was no compilation of the total marks that he was supposed to have attained in that exam. He also noticed with greater frustration that his teacher was yet to put his signature on the script, which if the teacher had done our student could then have easily given the marks himself. How great could that be! As a result, the student could not know his results before they were officially published.
This daagi student was not one to give up that easily. His Plan-B was to put his widely respected teacher in deep trouble. He had hated his 'respected-my-foot' teacher for the last over 40 years; yes he has been that long in the same class. Heh heh heh, he chuckled, aab usko pata chalega how many paddy in how many rice.
Having seen all the signs of failing in the exams, the braggart student engages a moodi shopkeeper to deliberately flaunt his checked exam scripts to learned customers at the shop. He announces the paid shopkeeper to all and sundry how he could possibly pack the merchandise in such academic material; he so much values education. 'What paper?' asks a regular, who happened to be a journalist. 'OMG (Oh my general store) where did you get these? Teachers are so careless these days. They should be arrested for such irresponsible behaviour.'
The media guy makes the lost and found exam scripts public. The teacher is delighted at the discovery because he was desperately looking for it. After all, he had a verdict to pronounce. Before he had found out that the khata went missing, the teacher as always had noted down the marks of each student on a separate paper. He puts the marks on the answer script only after his marks are final. This was to avoid overwriting on the answer script, as he always weighs the grades up and down to give maximum benefit to his students.
The results come out almost immediately. The student has failed is the result, signed and delivered by the teacher. The student and his relatives make hue and cry, and go to the media, claiming that the khata was tampered with. An inquiry is launched. Independent examiners are appointed whose rechecking and grading very closely matches that of the teacher's. It can obviously never be exactly the same, more so in a History paper, distorted as facts always are. It was revealed that the student wrote 'trouble' instead of Muktijuddho. OMG! (Oh my gondogol) So he remains a failed student, condemned for his poor aptitude and poorer attitude.
But there is a twist in the animal's tale. Now there is a new inquiry because stealing is a crime, and this was betrayal of the conscience, the stealing of an answer script from one's teacher. The corruption is traced back to the department peon, who is now absconding although his father is giving press statements that his son is innocent, and that this was the handiwork of the education ministry, which failed to secure the scripts.
The moodi dokandar who the journalist knew, admitted under interrogation that he took money from the student to play the role he did. But the student denies all this. He is now appealing to the department board of studies saying that he was wrongfully failed as the khata went missing.
Here are a few questions. Answer all the questions. The questions are of equal value. See if you can pass.
Question 1. Why is the peon hiding from the law?
Question 2. How much money did the peon take?
Question 3.Who convinced the peon to steal the document?
Question 4.Should the moodi shopkeeper be punished?
Question 5. Is the moodi shopkeeper telling the truth?
Question 6. How much money did the moodi shopkeeper take?
Question 7. Is the teacher at fault for losing the khata?
Question 8. Should the student pass just because he saw his script before the results came out?
Question 9.Is a result valid until it is signed by the teacher?
Question 10.Should security be tightened at the department?
Question 11. Can the student be jailed for handling a stolen official document?
Question 12. Are other persons involved in this crime?
Question 13. Are the father and others siding with the student punishable?
Question 14. Is the education ministry involved in this crime?
Question 15. Should the journalist be rewarded for revealing the story?
Question 16.Why is the student so desperate?
Question 17. Are the peon, the shopkeeper and the student related?
Question 18. Is money the only cause of their jigri connectivity?
Question 19.What can happen if the appeal goes in favour of the student?
Question 20. Have you come across such a scheming student before?
Having seen all the signs of failing in the exams, the braggart student engages a moodi shopkeeper to deliberately flaunt his checked exam scripts to learned customers at the shop. He announces the paid shopkeeper to all and sundry how he could possibly pack the merchandise in such academic material; he so much values education. 'What paper?' asks a regular, who happened to be a journalist. 'OMG (Oh my general store) where did you get these? Teachers are so careless these days. They should be arrested for such irresponsible behaviour.'
The media guy makes the lost and found exam scripts public. The teacher is delighted at the discovery because he was desperately looking for it. After all, he had a verdict to pronounce. Before he had found out that the khata went missing, the teacher as always had noted down the marks of each student on a separate paper. He puts the marks on the answer script only after his marks are final. This was to avoid overwriting on the answer script, as he always weighs the grades up and down to give maximum benefit to his students.
The results come out almost immediately. The student has failed is the result, signed and delivered by the teacher. The student and his relatives make hue and cry, and go to the media, claiming that the khata was tampered with. An inquiry is launched. Independent examiners are appointed whose rechecking and grading very closely matches that of the teacher's. It can obviously never be exactly the same, more so in a History paper, distorted as facts always are. It was revealed that the student wrote 'trouble' instead of Muktijuddho. OMG! (Oh my gondogol) So he remains a failed student, condemned for his poor aptitude and poorer attitude.
But there is a twist in the animal's tale. Now there is a new inquiry because stealing is a crime, and this was betrayal of the conscience, the stealing of an answer script from one's teacher. The corruption is traced back to the department peon, who is now absconding although his father is giving press statements that his son is innocent, and that this was the handiwork of the education ministry, which failed to secure the scripts.
The moodi dokandar who the journalist knew, admitted under interrogation that he took money from the student to play the role he did. But the student denies all this. He is now appealing to the department board of studies saying that he was wrongfully failed as the khata went missing.
Here are a few questions. Answer all the questions. The questions are of equal value. See if you can pass.
Question 1. Why is the peon hiding from the law?
Question 2. How much money did the peon take?
Question 3.Who convinced the peon to steal the document?
Question 4.Should the moodi shopkeeper be punished?
Question 5. Is the moodi shopkeeper telling the truth?
Question 6. How much money did the moodi shopkeeper take?
Question 7. Is the teacher at fault for losing the khata?
Question 8. Should the student pass just because he saw his script before the results came out?
Question 9.Is a result valid until it is signed by the teacher?
Question 10.Should security be tightened at the department?
Question 11. Can the student be jailed for handling a stolen official document?
Question 12. Are other persons involved in this crime?
Question 13. Are the father and others siding with the student punishable?
Question 14. Is the education ministry involved in this crime?
Question 15. Should the journalist be rewarded for revealing the story?
Question 16.Why is the student so desperate?
Question 17. Are the peon, the shopkeeper and the student related?
Question 18. Is money the only cause of their jigri connectivity?
Question 19.What can happen if the appeal goes in favour of the student?
Question 20. Have you come across such a scheming student before?
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