A teacher who recently contacted Astro AWANI allegedly said, photos of the leaked questions and answers through were sent through WhatsApp at 7.40am - the Mathematics paper started at 8.15am.
The teacher who refused to be named added that some friends had received the leaked questions as early as Tuesday afternoon.
“The Mathematics question that I saw through WhatsApp was the same with what came out,” the teacher said.
Several of the questions that were allegedly leaked through Whatsapp.
Astro AWANI showed the leaked questions to several UPSR students who sat for the exam, and they confirmed that the same questions were the same.
When contacted, the Examinations Board refused to comment or issue a statement on the matter.
Several of the questions that were allegedly leaked through Whatsapp.
On Wednesday, the Examinations Board announced the UPSR examination for Science papers 018, 028 and 038 had been postponed to September 30 due to its questions being revealed on the Internet.
According to its director, Dr. Na’imah Ishak, preliminary investigations found that the leaked questions were spread through social media.
“The Examination Board have asked the authorities to investigate this issue and to take appropriate action according to the law,” he said.
Deputy Prime Minister who is also the Minister of Education, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin apologised to all UPSR candidates for the delay.
He hopes that this would affect the candidates who have to wait until after their holidays to sit for the exam.
School holiday will start this Friday and will last for one week.
