Seven teachers transferred after exam center flooding

Seven teachers from Cumilla Government Women's College have been transferred to government colleges in seven different districts following a waterlogging incident that disrupted Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations. The Ministry of Education ordered the transfers, placing the teachers on Officer on Special Duty (OSD) status before reassigning them.

The unprecedented large-scale transfer saw Vice Principal AKM Zahirul Alam moved to Chiora Government College, Professor Md Abdul Malek to Cox’s Bazar Government College, and Associate Professor Kanak Barua to Hatiya Island Government College. Other transferred teachers include Dr Muhammad Ullah Majumder, Noor Mohammad Noor Ullah, Md Al-Amin, and Mohammad Mohsin, who were posted to colleges in Lakshmipur, Brahmanbaria, Sylhet, and Barguna, respectively.

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tarnished the image of the government and the education minister

While Vice Principal Zahirul Alam was not directly involved in exam management due to his son's participation, Md Abdul Malek had taken over as acting exam officer after senior teachers declined the responsibility. The transfers occurred after Cumilla-6 MP Monirul Haque Chowdhury visited the college and expressed dissatisfaction, stating the incident had "tarnished the image of the government and the education minister."

Teachers rejected the allegations, attributing the waterlogging to heavy rain and emphasizing that exams proceeded on schedule without any examinee absences. "We have been transferred simply because rainwater accumulated on the campus," one teacher stated. An anonymous education ministry official described the transfers as routine administrative matters, asserting the ministry's discretion in such actions.

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We have been transferred simply because rainwater accumulated on the campus