Headmaster among three schoolteachers held

KURIGRAM, Sept 21 (UNB): Three school teachers, including a headmaster, have been arrested in Kurigram for their alleged role in the leak of question papers in the ongoing Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams.

The arrestees are Lutfur Rahman, the headmaster and secretary of Bhurungamari Nehal Uddin Pilot High School, and two assistant teachers of the school, Zubaiyer Hossain and Aminur Rahman.

A police team conducted a drive in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram around midnight on Tuesday and arrested them.

Copies of English 1st paper and 2nd paper of the ongoing SSC examinations went viral on Facebook and WhatsApp on Monday and Tuesday.

Dinajpur Education Board chairman Prof Quamrul Islam, secretary Prof Zahiruddin, deputy commissioner Rezaul Karim, superintendent of Dinajpur Police Al Asad Mahfuzul Islam, and district secondary education officer Shamsul Alam conducted a probe and found evidence against the trio.

Meanwhile SSC examination on four subjects under the Dinajpur Education Board has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances.

Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Dinajpur issued a notice in this regard on Wednesday morning.

The four subjects are Mathematics, Physics, Agricultural Science and Chemistry.

New schedule for the exams will be announced soon.

Exams on other subjects will be held as per schedule.