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PHNOM PENH, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- More than 114,000 Cambodian high
school students on Monday attended the annual national high school
graduation exams, which is a prerequisite for students to pursue their
studies at college or university level.
Sam Sereyroth, head of the education department at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, said that 114,114 high school students would take the exams at 254 exam venues across the country.
The exams will be finished on Wednesday morning.
Cheating in the exams is still rampant in this country. Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers' Association, said Monday that officials found that students had hidden cheat sheets under their clothes and to cheat during the exams, they had pooled their money to give to invigilators to ensure that their cheating would not be caught or punished.
He said a student gave between 1.25 U.S. dollars and 3.75 U.S. dollars for each subject in the exams.
Generally, days before the exams, cheat sheets would be sold at printing shops and bookstores around schools.
Some students go to Buddhist pagodas to get an anointment from a monk in hope to pass the exams.
The exam results will be announced on Aug. 31 or Sept 1.
In Cambodia, each high school graduate, who obtained a satisfactory score in high school graduate exams, is eligible to apply for their favorite colleges or universities, either private or national.
Each individual national university, which is free of tuition charge, will organize another enrollment exam for its applicants, which is highly competitive and academic performance based.
The high school students who failed to pursue their colleges studies will turn to the job markets or vocational schools.
Sam Sereyroth, head of the education department at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, said that 114,114 high school students would take the exams at 254 exam venues across the country.
The exams will be finished on Wednesday morning.
Cheating in the exams is still rampant in this country. Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers' Association, said Monday that officials found that students had hidden cheat sheets under their clothes and to cheat during the exams, they had pooled their money to give to invigilators to ensure that their cheating would not be caught or punished.
He said a student gave between 1.25 U.S. dollars and 3.75 U.S. dollars for each subject in the exams.
Generally, days before the exams, cheat sheets would be sold at printing shops and bookstores around schools.
Some students go to Buddhist pagodas to get an anointment from a monk in hope to pass the exams.
The exam results will be announced on Aug. 31 or Sept 1.
In Cambodia, each high school graduate, who obtained a satisfactory score in high school graduate exams, is eligible to apply for their favorite colleges or universities, either private or national.
Each individual national university, which is free of tuition charge, will organize another enrollment exam for its applicants, which is highly competitive and academic performance based.
The high school students who failed to pursue their colleges studies will turn to the job markets or vocational schools.
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