Dhaka: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday warned that stern action will be taken if anyone tries to leak question papers of the upcoming Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations and spread rumour in this regard, especially in the social media.

The minister came up with the warning while talking to journalists at the Secretariat after an inter-ministerial meeting over arranging JSC and JDC examinations smoothly.

‘If any teacher or any staff of any coaching centre tries to leak questions or spread rumour in the social media site, he or she will not be spared,’ warned Nahid, adding, ‘We’ve already made a list of suspected teachers and coaching centre employees and brought them under surveillance,’ he said.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will monitor whether anyone is trying to spread any rumour in the social media site, he added.

If the BTRC finds any irregularity, they will inform law enforcement agencies to take proper initiatives, the minister said.

Besides, necessary steps will be taken to maintain secrecy while delivering question papers to examination centres, Nahid said.

However, officials at Bangladesh Government Press, where the questions are printed, will be brought under the surveillance of the law enforcement agencies, Nahid said.

The JSC and JDC examinations will begin on November 1 and end on November 17 next.

The examinations will be held simultaneously at 2,734 centres across the country and 24,10,015 students from 28,844 educational institutions will still for the examinations.