PATNA, India -- About 600 high school students in eastern India have been expelled for cheating on p...

1. Indian parents scale school wall to help students cheat on
exams
PATNA, India -- About 600 high school students in eastern India have been expelled for cheating on
pressure-packed 10th grade examinations this week, education authorities said Friday.
In this Wednesday, March 18, 2015 photo, Indians climb the wall of a building to help students
appearing in an examination in Hajipur, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.
AP Photo/Press Trust of India, File
The incident has received widespread attention after Indian television footage showed parents and
friends of students scaling the outer walls of school buildings to pass cheat sheets to students inside
taking exams.
The Washington Post reported that photos find out here now and videos showing people scaling the
school walls went viral in India on Thursday.
More than 1.4 million 10th graders are taking the tests at more than 1,200 high schools across the
state. They face tremendous pressure because they must pass the exams to continue their education.
Teachers and state education department officials supervising the examination caught hundreds of
students who had smuggled in text books or scraps of paper for cheating.
"It's virtually impossible to conduct fair examinations without the cooperation of parents," said P.K.
Shahi, Bihar's education minister. He said it was not possible to monitor the 6 million parents and
others who accompany the students to the examination centers.
State authorities posted police at all schools where examinations were being held, "but we can't use
force to drive away the parents," he said.

2. Nearly two dozen parents were detained after they were caught helping their children, but were
released after several hours.
On Friday, the high court in the state capital, Patna, ordered the Bihar police chief to ensure that
examinations are conducted in a fair manner.
State education authorities have canceled examinations held at four centers after they received
reports of large-scale cheating.
Bihar School Examination Board Secretary Sriniwas Tiwari 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.
Cheating seems to be particularly widespread in Bihar, although there have been no reports of
anyone being sent to jail for the offense.
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