SANGAM

Cheating goes ‘mobile’ in exam halls

SANGAM PRASAIN
KATHMANDU, JUL 26 -
Using chits or bringing unauthorised items into the exam hall is strictly prohibited. But, what if a student uses a mobile phone, the most high-tech method for cheating?

Modern technology has changed the way how students cheat in examinations. It gives them the opportunity to be less liable to be caught. One big help for them is the mobile internet browsing service.

Lalit Sharma (name changed), a Master’s level student appearing for his second year examinations commended the new technique. “It’s trouble-free way, no need to waste you time making a chit or running frequently to the toilet to see the guess papers and guides,” he said. Just click the question topic and see the answer that comes, he said scoffing at the examination guards. . “It is easy to dodge them,” he added.

Google is the best option for students to get the answers. It responds quickly and the information is better and more reliable than what you get from the teachers, Sharma said.

Prof. Bishwomber Pyakurel, an admirer of mobile internet, said, “Thanks to my cell phone, it took me just two minutes to know the topic being discussed,” he said during one of his discussion programmes held recently. Talking to the Post, he stressed knowledge world should be utilised in the right way. “In developed nations, students are given limited space to answer questions during their examination. So, they do not find internet copying effective,” he said.

Ratna Rajya Campus Chief Gopal Chandra Pokhrel said the trend of using internet mobiles for cheating is growing. “We found several instances at the Bachelor’s level, especially in the Science and Commerce streams,” he said. According to him, such users at the Master’s level are rare as they have limited time to answer a lot of questions. He said that the college direct the examinees not to carry mobile phones adding that even so it is not possible to confiscate the phones.

Today, nearly everyone carries mobile phones. The college issue notices urging the students not to carry mobile phones but the students hardly abide by the rules. “We cannot pressurise them or seize their mobile phones even though we know some of them are into this hi-tech cheating,” Pokhrel said.