Don't Worry, This Year's SPM Papers Will Be Protected By Next-Level Security
The Education Ministry will be keen to avoid a repeat of an examination leak. But will these steps be enough?
By Darian Goh — 21 Oct 2014, 04:05 PM — Updated almost 10 years ago
According to Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, this year's SPM will be secure thanks to increased security procedures
According to Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, this year's SPM will be secure thanks to increased security procedures
Image via themalaysianinsider.comThe standard operating procedure for managing of question papers for the 2014 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination will be enhanced to ensure no leakage, said Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh.
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The Education Ministry has beefed up security protocols to ensure that Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination papers are not leaked. Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said the move would prevent unscrupulous parties from leaking the test questions.
These enhanced measures are implemented to avoid a repeat of the recent UPSR leak that forced students to resit some of the papers
“Certain measures have been put in place to ensure that the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) leakage will not recur,” he said yesterday after presenting excellence awards to 11 cluster schools for collaborating with public higher-learning institutions.
Speaking at a media conference after presenting the 'Jalinan Sekolah Kluster Kecemerlangan (SKK) dengan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam (IPTA)' Excellence Award 2014, here today, he said improvements had to be made to ensure the confidentiality of the question papers for the 2014 SPM examination which would start on Nov 3.
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Police escorts will now escort the vehicles transporting the papers no matter how far the school is. Besides that, the safe room where the question papers are stored will have restricted access.
Police escorts will now escort the vehicles transporting the papers no matter how far the school is. Besides that, the safe room where the question papers are stored will have restricted access. Picture for illustration purposes only.
Image via freemalaysiatoday.comIdris said one of the measures was the deployment of additional police escort to accompany vehicles transporting papers to all examination centres.
"To avoid any leaks of SPM examination papers, we have made several improvements, such as having police escort during delivery of the question papers to every examination centres, as well as restricting access to the safe room where the question papers are stored. "Before, we did not have security escort when the question papers were sent to schools in the interior areas, but now the ministry will ensure there is police escort, no matter how far the school or examination hall may be," he added.
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Besides that, the key and lock combination for the safe room will require at least two people to open instead of the previous method where it was controlled by the same person
Besides that, the key and lock combination for the safe room will require at least two people to open instead of the previous method where it was controlled by the same person. Photo for illustration purposes only.
Image via staticflickr.comAmong the security measures are that more police escorts would be used to ensure the papers reach their respective examination centres safely, and key holders do not have lock combination.
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With this improvement, he said, the key and access number to the safe room would be given to different individuals compared to before where the same person had access to the key and access number.
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If you thought that was all, closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) will be installed in the safe rooms where the question papers are stored
In addition to that, closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) will be installed in the safe rooms where the questions are stored. Photo for illustration purposes only.
Image via camerasecuritynow.comIdris said the ministry would also ensure closed-circuit television cameras were installed at all safe rooms where the question papers were stored. The ministry, he said, also set a requirement for all personnel involved in handling of public examination papers to go through security screening.
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