5 madrasa teachers jailed for providing answers to Dakhil examinees

A mobile court today jailed five madrasa teachers for two years for providing answers to Dakhil examinees during an MCQ test at an exam centre in Brahmanbaria’s Ashuganj upazila.

The mobile court led by Ashuganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Nazimul Haider handed out the sentence and also fined each of the teachers Tk 10,000.

The teachers at Ashuganj Sar Karkhana School and College centre were caught red-handed while preparing answers to the MCQ test and supplying those to the examinees, the UNO told The Daily Star. 

The jailed are: Mazharul Islam, 42, and Shafiqul Islam, 35, of Chorchartola Islamia Alim Madrasa; Md Mohiuddin, 38, of Kholapara Omed Ali Shah Dakhil Madrasa; Kabir Hossain, 40, of Talshahar Karimiya Fazil Madrasa, and Abbas Ali, 50, of Panishwar Madaniya Gausia Madrasa.

The mobile court also relieved the exam centre secretary and hall super of their duties over the negligence.