Staff Reporter:
Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon yesterday said cyber surveillance and digital tracking systems have been strengthened to prevent question paper leaks and rumors during the ongoing SSC and equivalent examinations.
“If any group attempts to carry out ill-motivated activities using digital platforms, they will be identified immediately and brought under the law,” he said.
Milon gave the warning at a press briefing at International Mother Language Institute after visiting vari-ous examination centers in the capital’s Mirpur and Manikganj’s Singair areas on the first day of the SSC exams yesterday.
Expressing satisfaction over the examination environment, the minister said he is fully satisfied with yesterday’s environment.
Everyone including the district administration, police, education field administration, and social com-munity is cooperating fully this time, he said.
The minister said an environment has been created where no one is disturbing anyone else; everyone wants the students to take their examinations peacefully.
“We have the advanced technical capabilities to counter the modern devices or technology used by peo-ple to leak question or rumor-mongers. We are coordinating regularly with experts,” he added.
The minister said if any unpleasant or suspicious incident occurs anywhere, the government’s cyber team is capable of identifying that location within moments through digital tracking.
“We are fully prepared to tackle all kinds of challenges,” he said.
Mentioning the installation of CCTV cameras in every examination center and the use of digital tracking methods for transporting question papers for the first time this year, Milon said he personally visited the centers to observe the CCTV monitoring system.
Center authorities have been instructed to preserve the footage in digital drives so they can be used as evidence if any complaints arise, he said.
Regarding the development of the curriculum and the education system, the minister said experts are working on the curriculum.
Since taking office, Milon said, he started direct supervision, which will continue in the coming days.
He said they are identifying problems at the classroom level and trying to solve them.
According to the latest statistics from the Inter-Education Board, a total of 1,857,344 candidates are ap-pearing at the exams this year under 11 education boards. Among them, 930,305 are male students and 927,039 are female students.
