I have not the authority to block Facebook: Nahid

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28 Jan 2018, 00:00

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has said, I have never said that we will block the Facebook operation during SSC examination. I have not that kind of authority.

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The minister was speaking in the parliament on Sunday.

Education Minister said, SSC examinations continue for one and half months while HSC examinations continue for two and half months. We have said that earlier question paper was leaked from BG press. But after taking measures this is not happening at the moment. It’s hard for us to keep guarding question papers for long period.

Nahid said, when we send question papers in schools then some of the teachers transferred those to different persons using Facebook or other social media and modern mobile phone sets before distribution among the examinees. For this reason we have said that this way should be stopped. We have taken different steps. We also said that we will consult with BTRC so that they could help us or take initiative to stop this for a certain period.

He said, we have consultation and they (BTRC) said that they will appoint extra manpower to check this. If any incident occurs then they will inform and police will take action. We cannot say that we will stop that because we have not the authority.

The Minister said, we applied and they answered that they would cooperate. They could do it in another method by not stopping. They were asked to do as the criminals use the media. We have not said about hampering peoples’ affairs. We have said for refraining criminals from these activities.

SSC and equivalent examinations will begin from February 1.

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