Copying In Exams

In many countries, the pressure to succeed is one reason that students cheat during exams.


The disturbing rise of students cheating is from technological advances have made cheating easier than ever.

Competition among young graduates is the real culprit. As the work force becomes ever more crowded and the number of college grads skyrockets, top educational credentials are increasingly seen as the only sure vehicle to success.

Not surprising even parents are involved to help their children in the exam, but through unscrupulous means.

One of the parents hired university students to provide answers which were sent to the children via wireless earphones while they were in the exam room.

Eight Chinese parents who used high-tech communications equipment, including mobile phones and wireless earpieces, to help their children cheat at university entrance exams have been jailed on state secret charges. Their ruse was discovered after police detected "abnormal radio signals" near the school.

In China, girls used to cheat during examinations. To stop this trend the Chinese school authorities devised a new method.

Contributed by : PCTan