Why students cheat

Cheating in exams is the result of an outdated system dominated by profit-oriented institutions.

Videos of students cheating in the National Examination Board exams are going viral all over social media again, just like they did last year. Multiple videos have emerged on the first day of the Grade 12 Board Examination, in which students and teachers can be seen engaging in all kinds of cheating tactics. One video shows students in a classroom cheating openly, either by passing notes or copying answers from their mobile phones, while the teacher is either absent or immobile. Another video shows the teacher himself writing the answers on the whiteboard and the students obediently copying them down, as if they are taking notes during their regular classes.