Son of ex-CEB secy gets SSC results inflated in 11 subjects

CHATTOGRAM, Nov 10: The authorities of the Chattogram Education Board (CEB) has unearthed a high profile scandals on result manipulations and examination irregularities.
According to CEB sources, a group of three staffers of the Board have been committing such irregularities of manipulation in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations mark sheets during the 
last 4 years.

An investigation revealed that three temporary computer-section employees inflated marks for a student who actually failed 10 subjects, for the 2026 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination.

In physics, the student scored 0 on the physical answer script, but the computer system recorded 45 marks. In an investigation confirmed that marks were illegally inflated across 11 papers for the son of the then-board secretary, Narayan Chandra Nath, leading to the cancellation of those results. 

The board suspended the three employees�"Rashedul Islam Nasir and Imtiaz Ahmed Chowdhury (scanning section) and Md Rayhan (solving section)�"and filed a formal case with Panchlaish Model Police Station on October 30 against them and the student.  

Another investigation revealed such irregularities in mark-manipulation in the 2025 SSC results, where marks were higher than actual answer scripts entered into result sheets. Besides, the board had to cancel results for 17 students who received GPA-5 in the 2024 SSC exams despite reportedly not appearing for the tests. 

Professor Mohammed Zahirul Hoque Swapan Secretary of Chattogram education board told the Daily Observer that investigation has found evidence that three employees of its computer section helped inflate a student’s marks in 11 subjects in the 2026 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination, despite the student failing 10 subjects.

The case was filed under Sections 420, 465, 466, 467, 468, 471 and 477(A) of the Penal Code and Sections 5, 6, 12 and 13 of the Public Examinations (Offences) Act, 1980.  Confirming the case, Panchlaish police station Officer-in-Charge Mozammel Haque told the Daily Observer that action would be taken according to the law following an investigation.  

M Kauser Hamid, Sub Inspector and Investigation Officer of the case told the Daily Observer that the efforts are now going on to arrest the accused as soon as possible.

According to the FIR, the discrepancies came to light during a re-scrutiny application. The designated examiner found that the computer cell’s printout showed 45 marks in Physics, while the answer script carried zero. Further examination revealed discrepancies in other subjects.  

On 25 August, the board chairman formed a three-member investigation committee. With technical assistance from two ICT experts, it examined original answer scripts, examiners’ manual mark sheets, published results, multiple-choice OMR sheets and computer cell data. The committee submitted its report on 9 September.

The FIR lists changes in all 11 subjects. The student’s Bangla First Paper marks were raised from 23 to 33 and Second Paper marks from 24 to 62. English First Paper marks were increased from 33 to 83 and Second Paper from 20 to 82.

In the other subjects, Mathematics marks were changed from 9 to 66, Islamic Studies from 7 to 64, Higher Mathematics from zero to 46, Physics from zero to 45, Chemistry from 1 to 46, Biology from 1 to 46, and Bangladesh and Global Studies from 4 to 65.