Key Highlights
- The Education Minister has announced a zero tolerance policy to prevent cheating and irregularities in the upcoming SSC and equivalent examinations.
- The Education Minister will visit each district by helicopter to inspect the examination centers.
- Special attention will be paid to the examination centers of madrasas and technical educational institutions.
- CCTV cameras will be installed in each center.
- Transparency will be ensured in the selection of room inspectors and center determination to break the cheating syndicate.
- In 2001, when he was the State Minister of Education, he came to the discussion to stop cheating by conducting a similar campaign.
Education Minister Dr. A.N.M. Ehsanul Haque Milon has announced a zero tolerance policy to prevent cheating and irregularities in the upcoming SSC and equivalent examinations. As part of this, he announced plans to visit examination centers in districts by helicopter using the old tactic.
He said these things during a discussion with journalists at the Education Minister’s official residence on Minto Road in the capital on Saturday night.
Discussion with journalists
The discussion was organized by the Education Reporters Association, Bangladesh (ERAB), an organization of journalists from the Education BIT.
At the time, the Education Minister said,
আমাকে নকল ঠেকাতেই হবে। এর বিকল্প নেই। আমাকে আগের স্টাইলে হেলিকপ্টারে যেতে হবে। কেন্দ্রে কেন্দ্রে সিসিটিভি ক্যামেরা বসাব। কর্মকর্তা-মিডিয়া নিয়ে ঝাঁক বেঁধেই জেলায় জেলায় ছুটতে হবে।
Translation: I have to prevent counterfeiting. There is no alternative. I have to go by helicopter in the old style. I will install CCTV cameras in every center. I will have to rush from district to district with a bunch of officials and media.
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Preparations for organizing cheating-free exams
Ehsanul Haque Milon said,
আমি প্রতিমন্ত্রী থাকাকালে নকল বন্ধ করেছিলাম। চাই না সেই নকল ফিরে আসুক। এসএসসি পরীক্ষা সুষ্ঠু, সুন্দর ও নকলমুক্তভাবে অনুষ্ঠানের লক্ষ্যে প্রস্তুতি নেওয়া হচ্ছে। পরীক্ষা সুষ্ঠুভাবে অনুষ্ঠানে জিরো টলারেন্স নীতি নেওয়া হয়েছে।
Translation: I stopped cheating when I was the State Minister. I don’t want that cheating to come back. Preparations are being made to conduct the SSC examination in a fair, beautiful and cheating-free manner. A zero tolerance policy has been adopted to conduct the examination in a fair manner.
He again said,
মাদরাসা ও কারিগরি শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠানে বেশি নকল হয়। এ দিকটাতে বেশি নজর দেব। নকলের সিন্ডিকেট ভেঙে দিতে কেন্দ্রগুলোতে কক্ষ পরিদর্শক ঠিক করার ক্ষেত্রে এবং কেন্দ্র নির্ধারণে স্বচ্ছতা নিশ্চিত করব।
Translation: Cheating is more common in madrasas and technical educational institutions. I will pay more attention to this aspect. I will ensure transparency in appointing room inspectors and determining centers to break the cheating syndicate.
Past Experience
It is worth noting that ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon served as the State Minister for Education during the BNP-Jamaat alliance government in 2001. At that time, he went to various examination centers in a helicopter and launched a campaign to catch cheating, which became widely discussed.
Even now, he has announced to take strict steps to organize cheating-free examinations using that experience.
Source: Daily Amar Desh
