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Egypt's Education Ministry rocked by high school cheating scandal

As national high school exams in Egypt are canceled and others are disqualified, a freshman high school student boasted that he would continue leaking exams and answer sheets until the educational system is reformed.

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Egyptian high school students attend a technology class at a private school in Cairo, Oct. 23, 2013. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images

“I do not fear arrest, and more leaks will be forthcoming next year unless the educational system improves and corruption is eradicated in Egypt.” Thus, the administrator of the Chao Ming Bighachich Thanaweya Amma (Chao Ming Helps High Schools Cheat) Facebook page threatened the Ministry of Education June 15, following a leak of national high school exam questions and answer sheets.

In 2012, a few students exploited the proliferation of electronic devices in Egypt to form a Facebook page with the motto “God, Country, Chao Ming,” where high school exams were leaked in order to undermine the educational system.

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