600 Indian students whose parents helped climbed a wall to help them cheat expelled


The news went viral yesterday that some parents of Bihar high school helped their children cheat by climbing the wall into the school. Well, 600 of the students have been expelled. Bihar education
authorities announced today in a statement. They said students caught
cheating could be barred from taking the exam for up to three years,
ordered to pay a fine or even sent to jail but no student on record has
ever been sent to jail in the city for cheating.

About 1.4m 10th graders are taking the tests at more than 1,200 high
schools across the state. The students must pass the exams to continue
their education and that’s why their parents are so desperate.

“It’s virtually impossible to conduct
fair examinations without the cooperation of parents,” said P.K. Shahi,
Bihar’s education minister. “It is not possible to monitor the 6
million parents and others who accompany the students to the
examination centers.”

Many students were caught cheating by education department
officials supervising the examination. About 25 parents were also
arrested after being caught helping their children. But were later
released.

The State education authorities later canceled examinations held at
four centers after they received reports of large-scale cheating.

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