5,000 Bangladesh Students Expelled in Cheater Crackdown
<i> Reuters</i>
DHAKA, Bangladesh —
More than 5,000 students have been expelled from secondary schools in a government crackdown on cheating, education officials said Friday.
They said those expelled were among nearly 1 million students taking a weeklong nationwide examination that started Thursday.
Most students were caught trying to copy from notebooks hidden under their clothes, one official said.
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