Nepal’s exam leak is about much more than one WhatsApp group – The Kathmandu Post

Published at : July 27, 2026 Updated at : July 27, 2026 22:26 The integrity of higher education in Nepal faced a digital betrayal on Friday. Within five minutes of the commencement of the Tribhuvan University’s Master of Business Studies (MBS) first-semester examination for ‘Organisational Behaviour’, the question paper was circulating on a WhatsApp group. A teacher known online as ‘Sulav Sir’, later identified as Sandip Singh, shared the paper and subsequently provided a 16-page handwritten solution while the test was still underway. This brazen act of academic fraud allowed at least 35 active members in a group of over 1,000 to discuss answers in real-time. Friday’s paper leak is not an isolated case but rather a symptom of a recurring and systemic issue that has plagued Nepal for decades. From the Secondary Education Examination leaks in 2019 to the cancelled MBBS entrance exams in 2014, the history of examination compromises in Nepal is a long and shameful record. The leak of an examination paper is a blow to the entire student community. For thousands of candidates, these examinations are the culmination of years of study and financial sacrifice by their families. A paper leak shatters the mental health of
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