Chinese school officials watch for cheats as college entrance tests begin

BEIJING—School officials were ordered to be on alert for cheating as 2.8 million students took China'sintensely competitive university entrance exams onSaturday.
The government is eager to stamp out widespread attempts at cheating and assure the public of the fairness of such tests, which can decide a student's future job prospects.
Pressure to show the tests are fair is especially intense amid rising public anger at widespread corruption in other parts of the communist system. "To ensure a fair, satisfactory exam, education officials at all levels should strengthen surveillance against exam frauds, with a focus to crack down on group cheating and cheating with modern communication means," said an Education Ministry notice, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
The two-day tests this weekend are for students who failed earlier rounds or adults who want to return to school. They come after 9.5 million students took part in the regular round of tests in June. The report Saturday didn't say what school officials were expected to do to stop cheating. But during the earlier round, officials reportedly posted police guards and jammed mobile phone signals in test halls.

 - China Daily,  Daily Mail news exchange item