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Indians Take Exam Cheating to New Heights by Scaling School Walls to Help Friends and Relatives
Original article on OddityCentral.com – a blog on oddities and wacky news http://www.odditycentral.com/
Cheating at exams is an age-old phenomenon, but the practice literally scaled new heights last week in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. News reports showed how parents and relatives of 10th-grade students climbing the walls of a school building to hand cheat sheets to the students taking their year-end exams inside!
Photographs and videos of the stupefying event went viral in India, even as police officers stood watching helplessly. Some videos also showed inspectors slapping young students as they pulled out cheat sheets from under their tables. It seems that several students were able to smuggle textbooks and notes into the exam centers despite tight security.
Cheating is apparently common in rural areas of the state, where the competition is fierce and opportunities are few. Just last month, dozens of 12th-grade students were expelled and parents detained in cases of cheating. But the sight of parents risking their life and limb to help their kids has truly shocked the nation.
Source: http://www.odditycentral.com/news/indians-take-exam-cheating-to-new-heights-by-scaling-school-walls-to-help-friends-and-relatives.html
