Students caught cheating on high school exams

  • 1999-06-17
  • Katya Cengel
RIGA – Results from exams taken by Latvian high school seniors have confirmed earlier rumors of widespread cheating, Education Ministry officials said.Of 15,398 senior high school students who took the centralized math exam this month, 2,581 will not be awarded a "pass" certificate because they are suspected of having cheated, the daily Diena reported. Although this does not mean they have failed the test, these students will have to take more tests to enter university.School officials came close to canceling the exams in May after they learned answers were being sold on the street and over...
 
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