High-tech devices take cheating to new level in Thai schools

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High-tech devices take cheating to new level in Thai schools

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"BANGKOK (AP) — Glasses with embedded cameras and smartwatches with stored information seem like regular spy equipment for the likes of James Bond, but for three students applying to medical school in Thailand, they were high-technology cheating devices.

Bangkok's Rangsit University canceled its examinations on Saturday and Sunday for admission to its medical and dental faculties following the discovery of the unusual modus operandi by three female students.

While cheating has long been a problem in Thai schools and colleges, the use of high-tech gear — the cameras were used to take pictures of the test sheet and the smartwatches to receive answers from someone outside — has taken the practice to a whole new plane. ..."

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Re: High-tech devices take cheating to new level in Thai schools

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The answer to this particular problem seems blindingly obvious...
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Re: High-tech devices take cheating to new level in Thai schools

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but ifthey come from'good' famililes they will get in
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