Why is the probe committee not working?
We find it hard to drive away our frustration over the government's failure to stop the question paper leaks of this year's SSC exams, as all the question papers of SSC exams held so far have been leaked. As this daily has reported yesterday, the question paper of the maths exam, held last Saturday, was also leaked and hand-written questions were found hours before the exam started. Thus there is more to the education minister's accusation that "dishonest teachers" take photos of question papers and leak them before exams.
In the last few years, there have been constant allegations of question paper leaks in all the public examinations starting from JSC, SSC to HSC, university and medical admission tests. And after each incident of leaks, the law enforcement agencies arrest some people possessing the leaked question papers, but nothing more happens. This time also, the law enforcers have arrested at least 30 people, including teachers in connection with the leaks across the country. We wonder whether these arrests are mere eyewash as the main culprits never get caught.
What is even more alarming this time is that the leakers are declaring openly with impunity on Facebook that they would leak the questions of the next exams. We wonder why it is being so hard for the government to catch these culprits and bring them to book. We also do not understand why the probe committee, formed to investigate the allegations of leaks, has not started its work yet. Clearly, the education ministry needs to focus on coordination among the different actors involved if they want to catch the real culprits and halt this culture of question paper leaks.
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