top of page

Parents risk lives climbing exam buildings to help hundreds of Indian students cheat

  • Lizzie Dearden | The Independent
  • Mar 20, 2015
  • 2 min read

india 1.jpg

Parents have been risking their lives in India by scaling school buildings to help their children cheat in the country’s equivalent of GCSEs.

Footage showed pupils’ families and friends climbing more than five floors to cling on to perilous ledges and pass notes through windows.

More than 600 students have reportedly been expelled for cheating over the last three days in the eastern state of Bihar.

Images of people perched at various levels at the Vidya Niketan school, in Mahnar, have gone viral in India and caused serious embarrassment to the local government.

Similar scenes were also reported in towns including Hajipur and Nawada, where one parent told NDTV he had to help his child cheat because “teachers don’t teach anything” and were often absent.

Education Minister P.K. Shahi said preventing the widespread problem was a huge challenge for his government, The Hindu reported.

“It is also the responsibility of the society to ensure a cheating-free exam,” he added.

“First, I appeal to parents and guardians to stop cheating to help the government ensure free and fair exams.”

Officials said that more than 1,000 students were caught cheating in three subjects in Bihar, including maths and English, but little over 600 were expelled.

Several parents were also reportedly arrested on unknown charges.

More than 1.4 million students are taking India’s crucial class 10 board tests at 1,200 centres, amid reports of mass copying, cheating and parents bribing police and school officials to let them into examination halls.

The Hindustan Times reported that the examinations, marking the end of secondary school, are often marked by violence and various methods of cheating including parents and friends writing answers, often guarded by armed men.

Bihar is now attempting to tighten security at test centres and the incident has led to increased scrutiny across India.

By: Lizzie Dearden

 
 
 

Comments


Editor's  Picks

Advertistment

www.NewsPeter.com

 

NewsPeter dot com is a Ghanaian weekly online news and media content curator; selecting most up to date, facts based and in-depth news and information from multiple sources all over the web and displays them on a single platform every thursday at noon.

 

NewsPeter dot com uses a human-powered approach to its media content curation; In other words, a team of human editors chery picks the best news and media content the web has to offer and present them in a categorized list, saving our visitors the cumbersome task of finding their way around in the chaos online.

 

With NewsPeter dot com, you will never miss an important news and a media contents online.

 

Disclaimer: Newspeter dot com is not responsible for the content of external sites.

 

  • Facebook Clean
  • Twitter Clean

copyrite © 2015 www.newspeter.com

 

bottom of page