Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Russia hit by exam cheating epidemic...

Russia has been hit by an epidemic of cheating in nationwide school exams after pupils in eastern regions passed on the questions to others taking the tests in later time zones.

Teenagers tackling the Unified State Exam (EGE) in Siberia and the Far East region where Vladivostok is situated shared their exam papers online – meaning pupils in the west of the country had time to bone up and find the answers.

Russia has nine time zones, making it impossible for exams to be taken simultaneously across all regions.

The state education watchdog, Rosobrnadzor, said on Monday it had identified at least 30 cases of EGE Russian language tests being posted online in 18 different regions. It is thought the papers were accessed via social networks and widely used for cheating.

 "People took the exam in the Far East, threw everything on to the web, and then the copying began," said Dmitry Medvedev, the prime minister. He called for a crackdown, saying that any pupil caught passing on questions or answers should have the results of their own test annulled. Full story...

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