Pry Teachers Recruitment
Test in 17 dists cancelled
The primary and mass education ministry has cancelled the written tests for recruiting assistant teachers for primary schools in 17 districts after the ministry probe committee found that question papers of the test were leaked. The ministry took the decision on Sunday after the committee to probe the allegations of question leaks submitted its report.The ministry additional secretary SM Ashraful Islam told New Age that the decision was taken after the probe committee had found that questions were leaked in the districts.
The districts in which questions were leaked are Dhaka, Narayanganj, Mymensingh, Netrakona, Sherpur, Rajshahi, Lalmonirhat, Cox’s Bazar, Satkhira, Pabna, Jhenaidah, Rajbari, Meherpur, Khulna, Sunamganj, Moulvibazaar and Habiganj.
Fresh written tests will be taken in these districts, said SM Ashraful Islam.
Ministry sources said the probe had found that two sets of questions, namely Huang Ho and Mississippi, were fully leaked. There were seven sets of questions for the test.
The ministry had formed a four-member probe committee on November 12 to investigate the allegation that questions for written tests held on November 8 for recruiting assistant teachers in primary schools in different districts had been leaked.
About 9.68 lakh candidates took the written tests for around 7,000 posts of assistant teachers for pre-primary classes in 61 districts except three hill districts of Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban.
-With New Age input
