Student Caught Using Artificial Intelligence to Cheat on University Entrance Test
A Turkish university candidate was recently arrested after being caught using an AI-powered system to obtain answers to the entrance exam in real-time. On June 8th, thousands of high school graduates took the Basic Proficiency Test (TYT), the first session of the Higher Education Institutions Examination (YKS) in Isparta, but one incident made international news […]
Student Tries to Cheat on Law School Exam with Intricately Etched BIC Pens
A Spanish law school teacher recently shared one of the ingenious methods that one of her students used to cheat on an exam – a dozen of artistically etched BIC pens. Yolanda de Lucchi, a teacher at the University of Malaga, in Spain, recently shared a couple of very interesting photos on her Twitter account. […]
Medical Student Has Bluetooth Device Surgically Implanted in Ear to Cheat on Exam
A medical student in India was recently caught cheating on his graduation exam with a Bluetooth device embedded in his inner ear to avoid detection. On February 21, 78 medical students took part in the final MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) exam at the Mahatma Gandhi Medical College in India. One of them, […]
Would-Be Teachers Use Bluetooth-Connected Flip-Flops to Cheat on Exam
Over two dozen people taking a national exam that could lead to a career in teaching were caught cheating Bluetooth-enabled flip flops to get an edge over the stiff competition. Cheating has always been a big problem in India, especially during potentially life-changing exams. I remember watching surreal scenes of people climbing the walls of […]
African Country Turns Off Mobile Internet to Discourage Cheating on University Exams
During the month of September, over 500,000 high-school graduates in Sudan will be taking their university admission exams, and to discourage applicants from cheating mobile internet will be turned off nationwide for three hours every day. Sudan has a long history of turning off its internet during protests in order to disrupt the coordination of […]
Aspiring Teachers Caught Cheating With Exam Answers Painted on Nails
Thirty-five young women were caught trying to cheat on their entrance exam into schools for teachers in the Mexican state of Michoacán; they allegedly had the correct answer pattern painted on their nails. The entire admission process into teaching schools in Michoacán had been under suspicion of fraud since the first stage of exams, on […]
Teacher Sparks Controversy for Making Students Wear Cardboard Boxes to Deter Cheating on Exam
A Mexican teacher has come under fire for making high-school students wear cardboard boxes on their heads to block their peripheral vision and prevent them from copying on an exam. Luis Juárez Texis, the director of Campus 01 “El Sabinal” at the College of Bachelors, in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, has been accused of […]