Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Chinese education chiefs ban bras during exams...

Education chiefs in northeast China have devised a new tactic to clamp down on rampant cheating in the country's annual university entrance exams: they have banned bras.

Ahead of this week's "gaokao" – the intensely competitive Chinese equivalent to A-levels – schools in Jilin province have outlawed any metal object or item of clothing that sets off detectors being installed outside exam halls.

The measure is reportedly an attempt to prevent increasingly brazen and sophisticated cheats from sneaking listening devices or transmitters into the exam.

 "This year, Jilin will adopt the strictest entrance exam security check in history," state news agency Xinhua reported this week. Full story...

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