In a country like ours, where seats in top tier educational institutions are relatively scarce, exam paper leaks always make headlines. The prevalence of electronic and online media has just made it more noticeable — for example, images of recent exams in Bihar where parents were seen climbing the school walls to help their wards went viral in social networks. The menace of leaks is also getting more widespread — spread of communications technologies like IM and SMS have made it easier for perpetrators to copy and share papers in quick time. Question paper leaks in competitive exams is a nightmare for examiners, but they also take an emotional toll on students and add to the...
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