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Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Sunday announced a series of stringent measures, including round-the-clock CCTV surveillance at all examination centres and the use of body cameras by police personnel, to ensure free, fair and malpractice-free Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations.
“We will use body cameras for police personnel to prevent the intrusion of unauthorised persons. Examination centres will remain under continuous CCTV surveillance,” the minister said while addressing a meeting with officers-in-charge of HSC examination centres under the Sylhet Education Board as well as the madrasa and technical education boards in the Sylhet region.
The meeting was held at the Jalalabad Gas Building Auditorium in Sylhet.
Milon said the government has completed all preparations to ensure the examinations are conducted in a peaceful, transparent and disciplined environment, with close coordination among education authorities, district administrations and law enforcement agencies.
He said improving the quality of education remains one of the government’s highest priorities, adding that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has placed special emphasis on strengthening the education sector.
Warning against attempts to undermine the examination process, the minister said anyone involved in spreading rumours about question paper leaks or disseminating false and misleading information would face legal action under the Cyber Security Act.
“The government is committed to ensuring a transparent, technology-driven and malpractice-free examination system,” he said.
Besides tightening security, Milon said several measures have been introduced to improve the quality and credibility of the examination and evaluation process. These include maintaining uniform marking standards, reviewing model answer scripts, evaluating examiners’ performance and reducing the workload of teachers assigned to assess answer scripts.
He also urged education boards to expand their role beyond conducting examinations and publishing results by taking a more active part in monitoring educational institutions, improving academic standards and addressing problems faced by students and teachers.
The minister, who also oversees the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, said the government has taken initiatives to resolve long-standing administrative problems in the education sector.
He noted that around 25,500 head teachers have remained without promotion since 2017 due to pending court cases, adding that the issue would be resolved in line with court directives.
Milon said there are currently about 60,000 vacant teaching posts across the country and the government plans to begin recruiting new teachers from July.
He also announced that salary-related complications involving madrasa teachers would be resolved promptly, with regular salary payments to be made through the banking system.
In addition, the minister said the government would gradually dispose of more than 30,000 pending court cases involving the Ministry of Education as part of broader efforts to improve governance and administrative efficiency.
The meeting was chaired by Sylhet Education Board Chairman Prof Anwar Hossain Chowdhury and attended by senior government officials, education administrators, examination centre heads and representatives of law enforcement agencies. The discussions focused on ensuring smooth, transparent and secure conduct of this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations across the Sylhet region.