Parents in India risk lives to help children cheat in exams

Desperate parents scale the walls of exam centres to help children pass 'make-or-break' tests

150320-cheating.jpg

Cheating in schools is endemic across parts of India, but new pictures reveal the extreme measures some parents will take to help their children pass exams.

Hundreds of people have been seen climbing the walls of exam centres in the state of Bihar, with parents perched precariously on window ledges, flying paper planes with answers into the exam rooms.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us