July 10, 2006
‘Wigged out‘ students caught cheating
More than 20 desperate students in Vietnam paid up to 50 million dong ($3,125) to don elaborately wired wigs and shirts that allowed them to cheat on their college entrance exams, police said Monday, reports the AP.
"Ring leader Nguyen Hong Hai, 39, told police that more than 20 students paid 20 million dong to 50 million dong ($1,250 to $3,125) to get wigs or shirts that were wired to mobile phones so they could call in test questions and answers, he said.
The case was uncovered when two students taking entrance exams for Hanoi‘s Banking Institute were caught carrying mobile phones to get answers last Thursday, he said.
College entrance exams, which take place in the first two weeks of July, are highly competitive, with only about 10 percent of students being admitted into universities. "
Related links to student cheating: The new Cheating Culture
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