This is new-age cheating. Students appearing for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), equivalent to Class 12, memorised their maths exam questions after they were done and shared them on social media, potentially assisting students in other time zones who were yet to take the tests.
Students are not allowed to take the question papers home. The two-hour maths tests were held on May 1 and 2; the leak was discovered on May 3. The board holds exams in three time zones. The IB Board acknowledged the situation but has not specified the courntry of origin for the leak. Principals in Mumbai believe the contents of the papers were uploaded from Turkey.
The time difference suggests that Indian students were less likely to benefit, but those in Hong Kong, Singapore, Europe, and the Americas might have. This is the first instance of a paper leak in the over 55-year history of the Switzerland-based board.
While it has policies against academic malpractice such as plagiarism, and ghostwriting, ‘time zone cheating’ has not been previously addressed.
Students are not allowed to take the question papers home. The two-hour maths tests were held on May 1 and 2; the leak was discovered on May 3. The board holds exams in three time zones. The IB Board acknowledged the situation but has not specified the courntry of origin for the leak. Principals in Mumbai believe the contents of the papers were uploaded from Turkey.
The time difference suggests that Indian students were less likely to benefit, but those in Hong Kong, Singapore, Europe, and the Americas might have. This is the first instance of a paper leak in the over 55-year history of the Switzerland-based board.
While it has policies against academic malpractice such as plagiarism, and ghostwriting, ‘time zone cheating’ has not been previously addressed.