Exam this year's, question paper last year's!
Fifteen JSC examinees sitting for the tests at Narayanganj Girls High School and College centre had a terrible start yesterday as the authorities allegedly provided them last year's question papers.
The students taking the exam at two rooms -- 208 and 209 -- of the centre got the wrong question papers.
Five minutes into the beginning of Bangla first paper tests, they informed the invigilators, who were on duty at the rooms, of the matter. But the invigilators forced them to sit for the tests for an hour, threatening to expel them, alleged the candidates and their guardians.
The examinees of Junior School Certificate that began across the country yesterday asked the invigilators to change their question papers, but they did not pay heed to it.
At one stage, two candidates came out of the hall and told their guardians waiting outside the centre about the matter.
The guardians and students then demanded that their tests be held afresh, creating a chaos at the centre where 567 students of Academy High School and Chittaranjan Cotton Mill High School were taking part in the examinations.
Hearing the incident, Shital Chandra Dey, head of Narayanganj Girls High School and College, gave them the new question papers. The students sought an extra hour that elapsed after the beginning of the exam, but the teacher refused, said the guardians and students.
"As we talked to the head of the institution, he admitted the fault and assured us of solving the problem. But at one stage, he disappeared," said Ferdous Ara, a mother of an examinee.
Both the candidates and guardians expressed concerns over the results as they did not get proper time to give the answers.
Contacted, Shital Chandra claimed that they changed the question papers several minutes after they came to know about it and the examinees were given the time they lost for getting the wrong question papers.
Rezaul Bari, additional deputy commissioner (education and ICT) of Narayanganj, said it was difficult to hold a fresh examination as the exam was held across the country.
This year, 24,68,820 class-VIII students from 28,628 schools and madrasas have registered to sit for the exam under eight general education boards and a madrasa one.
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