In Lower Dir, exam officials raided halls only to find a government schoolteacher arrested for solving papers during the ongoing secondary school certificate examinations, underscoring how institutions tasked with preserving merit are under siege. Nearby, in a private school, suspects were caught red-handed solving question papers before the scheduled time with the help of subject […]
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Sindh warns students found involved in cheating will be barred from exams
The Sindh government on Friday warned that students found involved in cheating during matriculation and intermediate examinations will be barred from appearing in future board exams, as authorities intensified measures to ensure transparency in the examination system. In a joint statement issued via Sindh Information Department on X, Sindh Education Minister Sardar Ali Shah and […]
Indonesia election rivals toil in ‘war rooms’ to check ballots
In a low-rise Jakarta office block, young Indonesian supporters of President Joko Widodo sit hunched over screens to count photographed vote tallies from polling stations, two weeks after an election to lead the world’s third-biggest democracy. Opposing campaigns have set up their own operations, dubbed “war rooms”, to verify counts after Widodo’s challenger, Prabowo Subianto, […]
Problem of cheating
Sir: I am very concerned about cheating and how many students are cheating on tests, copying other students’ homework, and stealing answers to tests. In a survey conducted it was found that “nearly ninety percent of students said cheating was common at their school. Seventy-six percent said they had cheated on tests.” This is a […]