<i>SSC exams and tale of two callous mistakes</i>
A student in Dinajpur could not appear in the on-going Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations due to the 'negligence' of her teacher.
Away in Kurigram, on the first day of the exams on Wednesday, wrong question papers were distributed among 52 SSC candidates at an examination centre, disturbing them mentally.
Our Dinajpur correspondent reported that Farzana Akter, an arts student of Narabari Girls' High School in Biral upazila, could not sit for the examinations despite completing all official procedures.
Farzana said “Mysteriously I did not get my admit card till the day before the examinations although I filled all necessary papers to appear in the tests under Dinajpur Education Board”.
“I also informed my headmaster Mamataz Ali”.
She said she also paid Tk 3,000 to the school authorities for the purpose.
The headmaster said as there was a mistake when Farzana filled up the papers, she could not appear in this year's examinations.
Regarding the money, Mamtaz Ali said the authorities charged her Tk 3,000 'by mistake'.
Shocked at this, victim's father Abed Ali, a day labourer, submitted a complaint to Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Golam Rabbai in the afternoon.
Contacted, the UNO said he would take action against the teachers responsible for the negligence.
In Kurigram, a question paper of Bangla first paper of casual examinees in this year's SSC examinations was distributed among 52 regular candidates at Kurigram Government Girls' High School centre, reports our correspondent.
According to the centre, the candidates continued the test with the wrong question paper for 40 minutes. At one stage, when the mistake was detected, the authorities changed the paper and extended the time.
Of the candidates, 17 of Kurigram Collectorate School, nine of Belgachha Barkatia High School and 26 of Kurigram Government High School, attended the test held under Dinajpur Board.
Abdul Khaleque, a guardian, said that the wrong question paper caused mental disturbances to the candidates. The answer scripts should be evaluated with kind consideration, he said.
Centre secretary Rukhsana Pervin said, the wrong question paper was distributed among the examinees due to lack of attention.
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