SYLHET, June 28, (v7n): Education Minister Dr. A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon today announced that all examination centers for the upcoming Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will be brought under continuous Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance. Furthermore, deployed police personnel will be equipped with body-worn cameras to entirely prevent the entry of unauthorized outsiders into center parameters.
"We will utilize body cameras for on-duty police personnel to prevent any intrusion from outsiders. Every single examination center will be strictly monitored round-the-clock through a dedicated CCTV network," the Minister confirmed.
He made the disclosures while addressing a coordination meeting with the officers-in-charge of HSC and equivalent testing centers operating under the Sylhet Education Board, alongside the regional Madrasa and Technical Education Boards. The high-level briefing was hosted at the Jalalabad Gas Building Auditorium in Sylhet city.
Dr. Milon highlighted that upgrading the core quality of national education stands as one of the highest strategic priorities of the current administration, noting that the Prime Minister has placed personal emphasis on the sector. To align with this vision, the ministry is deploying technology-driven oversight to construct a completely transparent, malpractice-free assessment environment.
According to the Minister, all structural preparations have been successfully finalized to ensure that this year's HSC and equivalent examinations are executed in a peaceful, fair, and transparent manner. He explicitly warned that any individuals involved in generating or spreading malicious rumors regarding question paper leaks, or executing digital misinformation campaigns, will face immediate prosecution under the Cyber Security Act.
To maintain foolproof security, the minister noted that examination authorities, education board administrators, and law enforcement agencies have established a unified coordination matrix. Additionally, the ministry has introduced systemic reforms to ensure uniform script-marking standards, implement model answer-script reviews, evaluate individual examiner performance, and optimize the grading load per reviewer to avoid errors.
Dr. Milon urged the country's education boards to expand their institutional roles beyond merely conducting examinations and publishing results. He advised them to play a more proactive role in supervising local educational institutions, elevating learning standards, and directly addressing the structural grievances of both teachers and students.
Turning his focus to primary education, the Minister—who also holds executive charge of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education—revealed that the state has taken definitive measures to resolve prolonged personnel shortages and historical promotion gridlocks. He noted that approximately 25,500 primary school head teachers have been deprived of promotions since 2017 due to complex, pending litigation, which the government is now actively resolving in accordance with recent court verdicts.
He further disclosed that there are currently about 60,000 vacant teaching positions across the country, announcing that the government plans to launch a massive mega-recruitment drive starting this July. Simultaneously, persistent salary-related complications plaguing madrasa teachers will be systematically resolved, ensuring regular salary disbursements directly through formal bank accounts. The Minister added that more than 30,000 pending court cases tied up in the Ministry of Education will be cleared in structured phases.
The regional coordination meeting was chaired by Prof. Anwar Hossain Chowdhury, Chairman of the Sylhet Education Board. A number of distinguished regional leaders and senior officials attended the session as special guests, including Sylhet City Corporation Administrator Abdul Kaiyum Chowdhury, BNP Central Assistant Organising Secretary Miftah Siddiqui, Sylhet Metropolitan BNP General Secretary Emdad Hossain Chowdhury, Board Secretary Chowdhury Mamun Akbar, and Controller of Examinations Prof. Bilkis Yasmin.
Sunamganj Zila Parishad Administrator Md. Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, Additional Deputy Commissioner Masud Rana, senior heads of various government line departments, regional testing center chiefs, and mainstream media representatives were also present at the event.
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