An opinion article by Mehedi Hasan, published in Amar Desh on August 10, 2026, criticizes what it describes as long-running politicization, corruption and administrative disorder in Bangladesh’s education sector. It highlights multiple errors in physics, chemistry, biology and higher mathematics question papers during the ongoing HSC examinations, as well as an allegation that answer scripts were marked by friends at a tea stall in Sylhet.

According to the article, a sack of Bangla second-paper answer scripts was seized at 11:30 p.m. on August 1 from a tea stall near the main gate of শাহজালাল বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়. It identifies the examiner as Metrocity Women’s College lecturer Iqbal Hossain Sohan and alleges that he used two friends, including former university unit vice-president of the banned Chhatra League Airin Linza, to mark scripts.

The article says about 1.3 million candidates are taking this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations. It notes that all education boards used the same question papers for the first time in eight years and that exams were held on a full syllabus after six years. The writer calls for identifying those responsible for erroneous questions, investigating alleged recruitment irregularities, and taking action to address education-sector problems.