Question leak in primary teachers' recruitment test is rumour: State minister

The information of question paper leakage through social media in the recruitment examination for the post of assistant teacher in primary schools is an absolute rumour, said State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain on Friday, reports UNB. The state minister made this remark after inspecting the exam centre at Eden Mohila College in the city.
"We are continuously monitoring to prevent question paper leak. And we haven't received any information regarding the leak," said Zakir.
"If anyone gets any information, let us know. We will take immediate action."
The first phase of the recruitment examination for the post of Assistant Teacher of government Primary School started at 11:00 am on Friday.
The recruitment test is being held in the first phase in 22 districts of the country, in which the test is being held in all the upazilas of 14 districts and in some upazilas of eight districts.
Meanwhile, detectives have arrested 13 members of a gang on a charge of cheating people in the name of providing leaked primary assistant teacher recruitment test question papers in Ramganj upazila of Laksmipur on Friday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of DB police arrested them after conducting several drives in the area before starting exams on Friday morning, said AHM Kamruzzaman, superintendent of police, in a press briefing on Friday afternoon.
During the drives, the law enforcers also recovered fake question papers with answer sheets, blank checks of different banks, original copies of education certificates from their possessions, the release added.