I’m writing this to express my concern with the rampant use of cell-phones in cheating and academic dishonesty, and to draw attention to all the concerned stakeholders, teachers, parent, on this matter.
This device has become a standard in today’s classroom. In a national poll by common sense media 35% teens admitted using their cell-phones in cheating purpose at least once. More than half said they had cheated via internet. Students said there’s a lot of pressure to succeed, everybody wants to get a head so they want to lead in their class either by a right or wrong way.
The relevant authorities should have put measures to ensure that this year examinations at all levels are not cheated. We must avoid recurrence of examination cheating.
Abeera Ahmed
Karachi
