Britain scores over Bihar, UP in cheating in exams

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Posted online: Tuesday , February 12, 2008 at 01:17:41
Updated: Tuesday , February 12, 2008 at 01:35:56

London, February 12: Forget Bihar and Uttar Pradesh where it's rampant. Even Britain is no exception when it comes to cheating in examinations.

According to official figures, more than 4,000 students were caught copying in A-level and GCSE examinations in Britain last summer, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Mobiles, notes and dictionaries were some of the banned items that students smuggled past invigilators.

In fact, the cell phones were used by examinees to text friends for answers or to access the Internet for information, the British government's examination watchdog Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) said.

In total, 4,258 cases of ‘malpractice’ in GCSE and A-level exams were recorded in 2007, against 4,757 in 2006.

According to the QCA report, there were 1,620 cases of unauthorised material smuggled into the examination halls, with 1,000 believed to be mobile phones as well as other electronic gadgets.

Altogether 24 schools were warned for helping children through examinations -- usually exposed when more than one student gives the same answer -- compared with just two cases two years ago.

Examiners are now planning to conduct snap inspections of schools that had problems with cheating in 2007.

"There is no excuse for cheating or coaching, but this just emphasises the huge amount of pressure teachers are under to ensure children pass," Mick Brookes, the General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said.

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cheating in london by susingh on 13 Feb 2008

i think lalu's bihar is going international

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Britain scores over Bihar, UP in cheating in exams by Harsha on 12 Feb 2008

If you think in any Indian state capital cities ( forget the states as a whole ), the number of people copying is less than 5,000 then prbably your title is right!This is pseudo pride.

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No proper comparison by TS Raman on 12 Feb 2008

It is not the "quantity" of cheating that matters,but the "quality".

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physics by gaurav chauhaan on 12 Feb 2008

don't cheat

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Britain is not lawless Bihaar by Globe Trotter on 12 Feb 2008

That is no way comparing Britain with lawless Bihaar, Unlike India there in Britain they will at least find a solution to stop this practice In Britain, they do not waste time in Parliament, over modern age issues like Mobile phone theft, using mobile phone while driving and cyber crimes and so on, they have quickly brought in rules and regulations to tackle the modern crimes

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