1,600 students expelled in Bihar for cheating [View all]

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More than 1,600 students have been expelled for cheating in school examinations in the northern Indian state of Bihar, officials say.

At least 100 parents were also briefly detained for helping their children cheat in the senior school exams.

Cheating in exams is fairly common in Bihar, but the number of students and teachers caught this time is unprecedented.

Officials said improved vigilance by teachers, police and surprise visits by "flying squads" of officials headed by area magistrates to examination centres were the main reasons why such a large number of students and parents were caught cheating.

Bihar is one of India's poorest states with a 64% literacy rate, one of the lowest in the country. India's literacy rate is 74%.

He said the parents were detained for passing on answers and other "study material" at the examination centres.
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