WonnabeBiker Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/624094-exam-cheating-thai-dept-education-minister-suspects-papers-were-leaked/ EXAM CHEATINGDeputy Minister suspects papers were leakedSAOWANEE NIMPANPAYUNGWONGPIYANUT TUMNUKASETCHAIThe Nation486 test-takers got full or near full marks; DSI to conclude its investigation on March 18BANGKOK: -- Deputy Education Minister Sermsak Pongpanich suspectsassistant teacher exam papers were leaked after 486 test-takers in 60provinces received a full score or a nearly full score.The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is probing the suspectedexam corruption and will conclude its investigation on March 18.Some test-takers reportedly paid Bt200,000-Bt300,000 to gangs to helpthem cheat in the test. They were hoping to be recruited for jobs withstarting salaries of only Bt9,000 a month, but were a stepping stone topermanent positions in the civil service.The exam was to recruit 2,000 assistant teachers and the result that 486test-takers had full scores raised suspicions of a possible exam-paperleak.Sermsak said he would wait for the DSI probe result before decidingwhether to scrap the controversial exam and hold a new one. He said hewould also propose the Office of Teacher Civil Service and EducationalPersonnel Commission (OTEPC) postpone its teacher recruitment,originally slated for March 13, until the end of March when they hadresults of the investigation.He also affirmed that if ministry executives were involved in thisalleged corruption they would face punishment and the guilty test-takerswould be revoked from recruitment immediately. Assistant teacher examsin the future might be held in educational regions rather than thecurrent practice of centralised exam administration, Sermsak added.DSI chief Tharit Pengdit said that the DSI probe, as requested bySermsak, had found grounds for exam cheating and would send the proberesult to the Education Ministry on March 18. He said that DSI wanted todetermine if the cheating had taken place in the Northeast ornationwide, as that would help the ministry to consider whether to scrapthe exam only in some areas or nationwide. Holding an exam is costly.Thanin Prempree, director of DSI's corruption prevention and suppressioncentre, said the initial probe found the exam cheating was done inthree ways; getting others to take the exam instead of the realcandidates, copying answers before taking the test, or bringing acommunication device to get answers while taking the test. The DSI wouldhave to wait for the Education Ministry's request to the Special CaseCommittee of the DSI to officially take up the case, he added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonnabeBiker Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 This is quite sad - society should value assistant teachers higher and pay them more than minimum wage! Imagine the desperation forcing someone to cough up "200-300 k Baht" for such a poorly paid job?! Hope they catch the fat cats at the top, not just some poor Schmuck who paid the bribe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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