June 30, 2003
Cheating on exams with picture phones
After hearing about students cheating by SMS, students have been caught using camera phone during exams.
According to the Strait Times, "students have sent questions to friends outside school by e-mail, SMS, and even by photograph using third-generation mobile phones. They receive answers the same way, or through hidden earpieces.
As a preventive measure, electronic scanners will be used to stop students cheating in O-level and A-level exams by using Internet-enabled mobile phones which can receive answers through e-mail, pictures and text messages".
Britain's biggest examination board, the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, reported 254 cases of mobile phone cheating this year. More than half of the cheats were disqualified. In some cases, parents at home had supplied answers through mobile phones.
England is not the only country were students have been caught cheating with their cell phones. It's been a growing concern in other countries as well.
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