Candidates have staged a protest in Mirpur demanding the cancellation of the government primary school assistant teacher recruitment exam, citing allegations of question leaks and device-based cheating. The demonstration began on Sunday morning as participants surrounded the Directorate of Primary Education and vowed to continue their movement until their demands are met.

The protesters presented five key demands, including immediate cancellation and retake of the exam, holding all job exams in Dhaka with device checkers and network jammers at every center, formation of an independent committee to oversee all exams, prohibition of multiple exams on the same day, and strict punishment for those involved in question leaks. They also called for the resignation of the head of any question-setting institution found responsible within 24 hours.

The exam took place on January 9 across 61 districts, excluding three in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, with over 1.08 million candidates. Allegations of leaked questions circulated on social media days before the test, and candidates claimed that several leaked questions appeared verbatim in the actual exam.