Exam a test of nerves

As the grade 12 national exam kicked off yesterday, the Ministry of Education said early indicators suggested a marked improvement on last year’s dismal results, though incidents of students caught cheating and others buckling under the pressure of the high-stakes test remained.

The two-day exam began on an optimistic note as Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron told reporters at Phnom Penh’s Sisowath High School that anti-cheating reforms first implemented last year were starting to take effect.

“This year, students are not trying to bring cheat papers or mobile phones into the room like they did last year. Social order has been maintained outside of the school,” he said.

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