Call For More Checks Into Exam Cheating: Thailanda

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Call for more checks into cheating

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- An anticorruption network yesterday called on the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to investigate tutorial schools in front of Ramkhamhaeng University.

The schools are believed to have engaged in aiding widespread exam cheating, including in the recent noncommissionedpolice recruitment exams.

"We believe tutors have caused more than Bt1 billion in damage to the country," AntiCorruption Network secretarygeneral Mongkhonkit Suksintaranont said.

He also petitioned the DSI when police were probing alleged cheating in its June 10 recruitment exams.

To date, 10 suspects have been arrested in this case and warrants have been issued for two others who are still on the run.

He said tutorial schools outside Ramkhamhaeng University had used fake documents to hire academically competent persons to sit the tests in place of students who agreed to pay them a service fee. He said in some cases, the tutors had provided communications tools to help feepaying students cheat.

"We have heard that the tutors have close ties with some important figures at the Education Ministry. We also want to know if these tutors are involved in the recent policerecruitment exams," he said.

Provincial Police Region 3 deputy commissioner MajGeneral Jaktip Holasutsakul, who heads the investigation into cheating in the policerecruitment exam, said checks revealed that 149 out of 36,706 exam papers definitely had suspicious marks and symbols. However, he said these papers scored less than 50 per cent, suggesting the gang offering the cheating services might not have known the contents of the exam at all.

However, in the South, some engineering students were found to have used fake ID cards to sit in the policerecruitment exam for a fee of Bt20,000.

-- The Nation 2012-06-19

[hanuman2543]

How many civil servants got their position in the same way? If all are prosecuted there is no administration left. One can only feel sorry for the rest of the population, because this is going on for decades and the biggest reason for the level of incompetence and corruption in Los.

[SOEYCHANLOY]

What a shame! But anyway it is everywhere the same in this corrupt third worldist Country.

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[hanuman2543]

How many civil servants got their position in the same way? If all are prosecuted there is no administration left. One can only feel sorry for the rest of the population, because this is going on for decades and the biggest reason for the level of incompetence and corruption in Los.

And because they cannot survive in a copmpetitive environment they need medeival principles like "krieng jai" "bun Khunn" and "face" to cover up their utterly incopmpetent behaviour for the bad of the whole country.

[MEL1]

Although the corruption is no laughing matter, I find it hilarious that people paid to sit the exams, on behalf of others, fail to pass the exams. Whether or not they know the content prior is irrelevant. These are so-called 'qualified' people. They should be able to pass.

However, it leads to them having been through the same process too, and that's why they can't pass any exam. It makes one wonder if the further so-called people at the top could also pass a simpler exam, unrelating to their standing?

The domino effect of non-intelligence seems to be becoming evident.

Is anybody in this country really qualified?

-mel.

Oh sorry, I forgot one. The DJ who is the primeminister's public speaker.

[Payboy]

Who was that famous politicians son that got caught cheating on this exam at Ram?

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/RU-needs-more-time-to-probe-PMs-son-64989.html

[Woodcaulk]

to hire academically competent persons to sit the tests

That's right!!!, We hire only competent persons to sit test for the incompetent.....TIT

[BigJohnnyBKK]

Qualified for what is the question?

Problem is no one going into "public service" is worthy of the term, only reason to do so in an environment like this is to line your pockets. If your going to have evil leaders better they be bumbling idiots. . .

If they were more competent the country would probably be worse off!

[MEL1]

Qualified for what is the question?

Problem is no one going into "public service" is worthy of the term, only reason to do so in an environment like this is to line your pockets. If your going to have evil leaders better they be bumbling idiots. . .

If they were more competent the country would probably be worse off!

So where does one start with competent people, to make the country better off, contrary to you last words?

-m.