How common is it for students / pupils in your home country to cheat on exams?
In my country, I’m not sure if it’s just from my experience or not, but cheating seems to be getting more and more common (although throughout my schooling it was never a rare occurrence to begin with), to the point where students in many cases just decide not to study, knowing that they’re going to cheat on their exams anyway.
How common is this for the rest of Europe? Is it as big of a problem?
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It’s more common in universities than in schools. In schools it happens, but in my experience it’s not that common. But in university? Bruh, a lot of people cheat. In my fifth year of pharmacy EVERYONE cheated on one exam, the professors knew what’s going on but pretended they don’t see anything – it’s more convenient to let everyone cheat and pass than deal with some students again. It makes you think about the quality of higher education in Poland.
It’s almost unheard of here. The schools get in deep shit with the exam boards if they’re found to put up with it. You’ll still get the occasional person trying to sneak notes into the room but overall it’s very rare.
Would say it’s more common on standard tests than exams. During exams students would have to bring all their writing utensils in a translucent plastic bags and any electronic device would need to be kept out of range.
I have no doubt there are still students who write formulas and other stuff on the inside of their thighs and ask to go to the bathroom during the exam. The teacher can accompany the student to the bathroom but of course they can’t go into the stall with them.
Cheating or plagiarism can have far reaching consequences, especially in higher education. Best case you have to do the exam again, worst case you get expelled for a couple of years.