Pressure of student exams in India leads to widespread cheating

Authorities in eastern India were left red-faced on March 19, 2015, after images of relatives scaling the walls of a school exam center to pass notes to students were broadcast on local television. Dozens of people were shown clinging to the windows of a four-story building in the eastern state of Bihar, where more than 1.4 million teenagers were taking exams.

Indian relatives of students taking school exams climb the walls of the exam building to help pass candidates answers to questions in Vaishali in the eastern state of Bihar.

Indian pedestrians pass a shop dealing with “spy equipment” in a market of New Delhi. Tiny bluetooth earpieces, “spy bras” and hidden camera glasses are just some of the high-tech gadgets available for students in India who are taking high-pressure exams.

A pen with a camera is among the high-tech gadgetry available for students in India, where cheating on high-pressure exams is rampant.