Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s Cyber Crime and Social Media Unit is investigating a purported leak of the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam on social media yesterday.
However, the Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly says the integrity of the examination was not compromised in any way.
She said the online release of the confidential SEA 2023 examination papers, would not have been accessible to students writing the SEA, as they were already engaged in the examination process, and based on the rules enforced by Assessment Supervisors and Centre Managers, would have had no access to their phones. Therefore, the integrity of the SEA 2023 was not compromised.
In a statement, Gadsby-Dolly said it was likely that the post emanated from the limited category of personnel exposed to examination papers on the opening of the secure packages, which could only have taken place upon their unsealing on the day of the examination.
She said if this is indeed so, it is highly regrettable.
The Cybercrime Department of the TTPS has been engaged to assist in the determination of the source of the initial post.
The MOE extends its thanks to the staff of the Ministry who participated at every level to ensure the examination was conducted without major incident.
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