Indian students caught 'cheating' in exams in Bihar

印度家长爬墙给考生递答案

India students caught 'cheating' in exams in Bihar

Cheating in exams is fairly common in the Indian state ofBihar, but new images have emerged which show just how large-scale and blatant the practice is.

考试作弊在印度比哈尔邦极为普遍,但新流出的图片显示,这种现象已经到了大规模、明目张胆的地步了.

Many students smuggled in textbooks and notes into the examination centres despite tight security - and parents and friends were photographed scaling the walls of test centres to pass on answers to students during the current secondary school examinations.

在印度正在举行的中等学校考试期间,尽管安保很严,很多学生还是夹带课本和小抄进入考场,而家长和亲朋等"外援"们则被拍到扒在考场的墙上给场内的考生递答案.

The examinations, held by the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), began on Tuesday and are scheduled to go on until 24 March. Officials say more than 1.4 million students are taking the tests.

考试由印度比哈尔邦学校考试委员会（简称"BSEB"）举办,周二开考,3月24结束.官方称有140多万考生参加这次考试.

Most of the incidents of cheating this year have been reported from Saharsa, Chhapra, Vaishali and Hajipur districts.

今年被报道的作弊事件大多发生在萨哈尔撒、恰普拉、吠舍离、哈吉普尔等地区.

Local newspapers have been full of photos of parents and relatives trying to help their children cheat even at considerable risk to their own lives, BBC Hindi's Manish Saandilya reports from the state capital,Patna.

BBC印度版记者Manish Saandilya从比哈尔邦首府巴特那报道称,当地的报纸上充满了那些冒着生命危险帮孩子作弊的家长和亲戚的照片.

Some photos even show policemen posted outside the centres accepting bribes to look the other way, our correspondent adds.

我们的记者称,某些照片甚至显示考场外部署的警察收受贿赂后看向别处.

印度家长爬墙给考生递答案

Photojournalist Dipankar, who took the photos in Saharsa district, says when he went into the examination hall and began taking pictures, the students did not seem worried at all.

在萨哈尔撒地区拍照的新闻摄影记者狄攀卡称,当他在考场走廊拍照时,里面的考生也依旧相当淡定.