A leading private university in Thailand is calling for a change in the law to prosecute students who cheat and criminals who help them.<\/p>\n
The call comes after the discovery of unusual high-tech cheating methods by three female medical students.<\/p>\n
Bangkok’s Rangsit University cancelled its examinations on Saturday and Sunday for admission to its medical and dental faculties following the discovery of methods such as\u00a0embedded cameras and smartwatches with stored information.<\/p>\n
While cheating has long been a problem in Thai schools and colleges, the use of high-tech gear has taken the practice to a new level.<\/p>\n
The cameras were used to take pictures of the test sheet and the smartwatches to receive answers from someone outside.<\/p>\n
Three students were caught by university staff overseeing the exam on Saturday.\u00a0The next day three more were caught, but they were not trying to get into the university.<\/p>\n
Officials said the students were part of a group that is charging students thousands of dollars for exam answers.<\/p>\n
Thailand does not have a law to prosecute students who cheat – something Rangsit University wants changed.<\/p>\n
“Exam cheating is not a minor offence. It’s the start of other criminal offences,” university administrator\u00a0Kittisak Tripipatpornchai\u00a0told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n
“If we don’t have law or tough measures to deal with this, our education system will never be competitive with other countries.”<\/p>\n
Educators say cheating has flourished because of an education system that makes exam scores the only criterion for assessing a student’s ability and granting admission into places of higher learning.<\/p>\n
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