Cheating culture not unique to Thai students
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It may be of interest to the thousands of teachers at schools and universities around the country that the problem of students cheating by plagiarism, copying from the Internet and getting other people to do their work is not unique to Thailand.
Last week the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Sydney University, one of Australia’s top academic institutions, is investigating cheating by medical students, including some who have already graduated and are now practising doctors. It is alleged that some of them invented fictitious patients for their case studies, and that some even reported examining and talking to patients who died years ago, using access to their archived medical records for their assignments.
On Sunday the same paper reported investigations at many high schools into allegations that students are subscribing to websites that offer essay-writing services and examination answers.
“We are struggling to contain a cheating culture that is endemic,” one teacher was quoted as saying.
David Brown
