How some Indians Cheat In An Exam

The intense competition in India's medical schools has resulted in a slew of cheating scandals in recent years. Surprisingly, one medical student was caught cheating on his exam with a Bluetooth gadget surgically placed in his ear.

The shocking event unfolded at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore, India. It had been 11 years since the unnamed student had been admitted to the college. According to The Independent, he had frequently failed to pass his General Medicine exam and had one more chance to do so.

This student and 13 others were instructed to give up all electronic devices they had on them before the exam began. He had no idea that he would shortly be frisked by an invigilator squad, who discovered a cellphone in an inside pocket of his pants.

The inspectors then discovered a skin-colored implant inserted deeply in the student's ear, which was supposed to give him answers, according to The Daily Mail. And he wasn't the only one in the room who cheated.

School officials also discovered another student with a cellphone and a miniature Bluetooth gadget in his ear. However, unlike the first, this second hearing aid was not medically placed and was simply removed with a pin. Both students were given fresh answer sheets once their gadgets were confiscated.

He was taking the General Medicine exam with 13 other students when a university squad from the Devi Ahilya Bai University came for a surprise check.

While it is unknown why they were permitted to continue after being identified as cheaters, they are undoubtedly facing major consequences. Because the students lied and used unfair means in an exam.

The first student even admitted to paying an ear, nose, and throat expert to have the Bluetooth device surgically implanted. For years, ever-more inventive methods of cheating have been common at India's competitive medical colleges.

With the number of aspiring doctors far outnumbering the number of professional and educational positions available, Indians have gone to great lengths to distinguish themselves. In March 2015, the state of Madhya Pradesh was rocked by a national scandal known as the Vyapam cheating scam.

Several people were arrested for leaking questions, altering answer sheets, and even employing substitutes to take the tests for them. When it was determined that this had occurred between 2008 and 2013, the Supreme Court revoked the licenses of 634 doctors — with no telling how many more had gotten away with it.

"Getting Bluetooth put in the ears is pretty straightforward," said Dr. Anand Rai, a whistleblower in the scandal. "It is temporarily affixed to the ear and can be withdrawn." "A Vyapam fraud suspect used a similar strategy to pass his medical exam eight years ago."

Nonetheless, widespread cheating has persisted. In 2015, police in Manhar, Bihar, watched hundreds of people scale the walls of the Vidya Niketan institution in order to deliver answers to test-takers. Hundreds of people, including parents, were jailed, and at least 750 students were expelled as a result.

Ten students were arrested for wearing Bluetooth-enabled flip-flops while completing a trainee teaching exam. The devices were receiving phone calls, which were subsequently wirelessly transferred to secondary devices in their ears.

According to Priti Chandra, a police official in the western city of Bikaner, the aim was for accomplices outside to contact the disguised contraptions and dictate the proper answers to the examinations.

According to investigations, at least 25 pupils purchased these flip-flops from a gang for 600,000 rupees ($8,100) per pair.

In time for the tests, the information was shared with numerous neighboring districts, and many centers requested students to remove their shoes.

The punishment for the most recent occurrence in Indore is unknown.