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Copying goes hi-tech in MBBS exams
SEETHALAKSHMI S, TNNJan 2, 2013, 05.10AM IST
BANGALORE: Paper chits are passe. Munnabhais are going hi-tech when it comes to copying. Invigilators of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) were recently flummoxed by the innovative cheating manner of an MBBS student. The student had worn a custom-made shirt fitted with devices like a lapel mike and an electric circuit inside the collar. And his answers were being transmitted from Hyderabad.
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Last week, the University nabbed another student, in his final year MBBS, who had a similar hi-tech copying device fitted into his vest.
Custom-made shirts fitted with button scanners and lapel mikes, mobile phones without the outer shell and a scanner in the finger ring are some of the devices used for cheating during MBBS exams in the state. And how much do these students spend on the equipment? Nearly Rs 1.9 lakh.[hilar]
"During investigation we found that the shirts/vests are shared by students for a price. The answers are transmitted from hostels and sometimes from other cities. Often if there is a problem during transmission, the students get nervous. Their body language gives them away," the officials said. [hilar]
What has shocked the officials is the painstaking planning that goes before execution. "Students told us they rehearsed the entire process for more than a month before the examinations to ensure nothing goes wrong," RGUHS registrar N S Ashok Kumar told TOI.
For the students, the investment on the costly equipment is worth it until they are caught and banned for six months, he said. "The shirt/vest is stitched with a radio frequency transmitter which is the size of a small matchbox, the collar of the shirt has a lapel mike as small as the finger nail. The answers are transmitted via bluetooth earphone. The battery lasts for four hours," he said.
Some students told the investigating officials that they indulged in copying because they were forced by their parents to study medicine. RGUHS vice-chancellor K S Sriprakash has ordered a probe into the incidents. "We have to initiate several urgent measures to ensure this dangerous trend does not continue or escalate," he said.
'We cheat because parents want us to study medicine'
Candidates have started using hi-tech equipment to clear MBBS examinations in the state.
"The shirt/vest is stitched with a radio frequency transmitter which is the size of a small matchbox, the collar of the shirt has a lapel mike as small as the fingernail. The answers are transmitted via Bluetooth earphone. The battery lasts for four hours," said N S Ashok Kumar, registrar of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS).
Some students told the investigating officials that they indulged in copying because they were forced by their parents to study medicine. RGUHS vicechancellor K S Sriprakash has ordered a probe into the incidents. "We have to initiate several urgent measures to ensure this dangerous trend does not continue or escalate," he said.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiat...6111036_1_mbbs-exams-mbbs-student-rguhs-plans
SEETHALAKSHMI S, TNNJan 2, 2013, 05.10AM IST
BANGALORE: Paper chits are passe. Munnabhais are going hi-tech when it comes to copying. Invigilators of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) were recently flummoxed by the innovative cheating manner of an MBBS student. The student had worn a custom-made shirt fitted with devices like a lapel mike and an electric circuit inside the collar. And his answers were being transmitted from Hyderabad.
[hilar]
Last week, the University nabbed another student, in his final year MBBS, who had a similar hi-tech copying device fitted into his vest.
Custom-made shirts fitted with button scanners and lapel mikes, mobile phones without the outer shell and a scanner in the finger ring are some of the devices used for cheating during MBBS exams in the state. And how much do these students spend on the equipment? Nearly Rs 1.9 lakh.[hilar]
"During investigation we found that the shirts/vests are shared by students for a price. The answers are transmitted from hostels and sometimes from other cities. Often if there is a problem during transmission, the students get nervous. Their body language gives them away," the officials said. [hilar]
What has shocked the officials is the painstaking planning that goes before execution. "Students told us they rehearsed the entire process for more than a month before the examinations to ensure nothing goes wrong," RGUHS registrar N S Ashok Kumar told TOI.
For the students, the investment on the costly equipment is worth it until they are caught and banned for six months, he said. "The shirt/vest is stitched with a radio frequency transmitter which is the size of a small matchbox, the collar of the shirt has a lapel mike as small as the finger nail. The answers are transmitted via bluetooth earphone. The battery lasts for four hours," he said.
Some students told the investigating officials that they indulged in copying because they were forced by their parents to study medicine. RGUHS vice-chancellor K S Sriprakash has ordered a probe into the incidents. "We have to initiate several urgent measures to ensure this dangerous trend does not continue or escalate," he said.
'We cheat because parents want us to study medicine'
Candidates have started using hi-tech equipment to clear MBBS examinations in the state.
"The shirt/vest is stitched with a radio frequency transmitter which is the size of a small matchbox, the collar of the shirt has a lapel mike as small as the fingernail. The answers are transmitted via Bluetooth earphone. The battery lasts for four hours," said N S Ashok Kumar, registrar of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS).
Some students told the investigating officials that they indulged in copying because they were forced by their parents to study medicine. RGUHS vicechancellor K S Sriprakash has ordered a probe into the incidents. "We have to initiate several urgent measures to ensure this dangerous trend does not continue or escalate," he said.
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