Ministry vows to stop exam cheats
By Claire Wang |
January 19, 2011, Wednesday
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THE Ministry of Education has pledged to crack down on exam cheats after state television exposed cheating in the national entrance examination for postgraduates in Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province.
Two suspects selling high-tech cheating devices were detained on Monday after a joint work team was set up by authorities from the ministries of education, public security and information technology to investigate the case, said Tang Yamin, deputy chief of the publicity department of Siping Municipal Government, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
So far, 19 applicants were found violating exam rules. Eleven students were caught copying, seven using telecommunications devices and one who was taking the exam on another's behalf, Tang said.
All exam papers were sealed in Siping and they will be graded after the investigation is completed, Xinhua reported.
Bulletin boards at Jilin Normal University were covered with adverts for devices to help students cheat before the exam over the weekend, China Central Television reported.
The high-tech devices such as watches displaying text messages and wireless earbuds were sold from 4,000 yuan (US$607.52) to 10,000 yuan. The devices included a service that would provide answers to exam questions, CCTV reported.
Many applicants were found testing the signal of devices at Siping No. 1 Middle School, the city's only exam venue, the day before the test.
Answers were transmitted to the devices one hour after the exam started and 70 to 80 percent of the answers were correct, according to some education training facilities after the exam, CCTV reported.
Jilin Normal's enrollment office has started reviewing video recordings of the exam to check for cheating, Xinhua reported.
Those who violate exam rules will be severely punished, the head of the enrollment office said.
Tang also said they will investigate invigilators to see if they helped students cheat.
A record high of about 1.51 million students took the exam across the country at 46,000 venues.
Two suspects selling high-tech cheating devices were detained on Monday after a joint work team was set up by authorities from the ministries of education, public security and information technology to investigate the case, said Tang Yamin, deputy chief of the publicity department of Siping Municipal Government, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
So far, 19 applicants were found violating exam rules. Eleven students were caught copying, seven using telecommunications devices and one who was taking the exam on another's behalf, Tang said.
All exam papers were sealed in Siping and they will be graded after the investigation is completed, Xinhua reported.
Bulletin boards at Jilin Normal University were covered with adverts for devices to help students cheat before the exam over the weekend, China Central Television reported.
The high-tech devices such as watches displaying text messages and wireless earbuds were sold from 4,000 yuan (US$607.52) to 10,000 yuan. The devices included a service that would provide answers to exam questions, CCTV reported.
Many applicants were found testing the signal of devices at Siping No. 1 Middle School, the city's only exam venue, the day before the test.
Answers were transmitted to the devices one hour after the exam started and 70 to 80 percent of the answers were correct, according to some education training facilities after the exam, CCTV reported.
Jilin Normal's enrollment office has started reviewing video recordings of the exam to check for cheating, Xinhua reported.
Those who violate exam rules will be severely punished, the head of the enrollment office said.
Tang also said they will investigate invigilators to see if they helped students cheat.
A record high of about 1.51 million students took the exam across the country at 46,000 venues.
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