Police are still questioning a 19-year-old student for allegedly stealing Year 12 External Examination papers that were kept at Lelean Memorial School.
The discovery was made by the Supervisor on Tuesday morning as some of the sealed portions of the exam papers were already open.
A report was then received at the Nausori Police Station.
12,900 students started sitting for the Year 12 external exam on Tuesday.
When questioned by Fijivillage on the cases of alleged external exam paper tampering, the Ministry said in a statement that it is aware of an allegation of breaking and entering into Lelean Memorial School to get access to the examination papers for Year 12.
The Ministry says Police are investigating and, as a result, the Ministry is not in a position to comment.