"Our examinations hardly test the students' creativity; these are geared more toward testing their memory. Take the MCQ system. It's a quick and snappy way to judge the proficiency of students in a particular topic," says Syed Manzoorul Islam.

A total of 153 people have been arrested so far in 52 cases for their alleged role in the question leak during the Secondary School Certificate exams, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said yesterday.

A spate of question leaks in public examinations has left the education authorities deeply embarrassed and, it appears, at a loss about what they can do.

Law enforcers detain seven persons including a teacher in connection with Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations question leak in four districts.

As question paper leak spree continues, the question paper of SSC Mathematics examination was also found on several Facebook pages along with the answers more than an hour before today’s exam began.

Locals capture a woman suspecting her of possessing the leaked question paper of the Mathematics of the Secondary School Certificate examinations in Rajshahi city.