Dhaka, April 21 -- Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinees this year have no opportunity to cheat and there is no risk of question paper leaks as in previous years, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon said Tuesday.

"There is no fear of question leaks. The cyber cell has been given clear directives to prevent leaks from the outset. The phone numbers of everyone involved in setting the question papers are in the hands of the cyber cell," the minister told reporters at a press conference at the International Mother Language Institute on the first day of the examinations.

Milon said Bangladesh has all the technological tools needed to prevent question paper leaks, they simply had not been used before. "This year, the cyber cell ...