2016年CRI Measures Intensified Against Gaokao Cheating

 

In China, arguably the most important exam in a student's life is now often associated with cheating, which invariably pop up every year.

To try to bring this to an end, authorities are taking steps - both legal and high-tech¹ - to try to ensure no cheating occurs during the fierce competition.

For the first time, those convicted of cheating in the "gaokao" can end up serving 3 to 7-years in prison under changes to the Criminal Law which were enacted² in November.

A national campaign has also been launched to crack down on the sale of wireless³ devices which can be used for cheating, as well as substitute exam sitters and other illegal acts.

Liao Junmin is with the Jiangxi Lawyers Association.

"The government has increased punishments for illegal acts. In cases where it's discovered staff members in the exam rooms become involved in cheating, they will be deemed accomplices⁴, or even be considered the principal suspects in the case, and will face criminal charges for their actions."

In another first, high-tech measures, such as facial recognition and fingerprint⁵ verification systems, will be used in many places for this year's gaokao.

Candidates in Hainan are being required to be checked twice by hand-held metal monitors under a video surveillance system before they come back to the testing room if they take a bathroom break during the exam.

Watches are forbidden in the exam rooms in provinces including Fujian, Anhui and Hubei. 

Guangxi's director of higher-education enrollment⁶ with the regional Entrance Exam Agency, Tu Didong, says authorities there are supervising every step in the process to ensure the test papers themselves reach "gaokao" sitters safely. 

"We have rigid⁷ regulations covering every step of the process, from test paper printing, distribution, transport, custody⁸ to final use. The entire process is fully⁹ monitored." 

The Ministry¹⁰ of Education has announced that vehicles used for transporting the test papers will be equipped with video surveillance systems and GPS devices for positioning and monitoring the vehicles during the transportat+ion of the test papers.

Despite all the new anti-cheating measures, it remains¹¹ to be seen how effective they will be.

In the central province of Henan, which has registered the largest number of exam takers this year, authorities there have already uncovered 4 gaokao-cheating schemes in the past 5 days, seizing around 300 devices, including cellphones and transceivers. 

More than 9.4 million Chinese students sat last year's national college entrance exam.

This year's numbers are expected to be once again lower, as 'gaokao' registration¹² figures have been dropping across China for the past 10 years as students either opt¹³ to study overseas or bypass post-secondary education all-together.

For CRI, I'm Qi Zhi.

1 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

2 enacted   

制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
• Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

3 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

4 accomplices   

从犯，帮凶，同谋( accomplice的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was given away by one of his accomplices. 他被一个同伙出卖了。
• The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded. 首恶必办， 胁从不问，立功受奖。

5 fingerprint   

n.指纹；vt.取...的指纹

参考例句：

• The fingerprint expert was asked to testify at the trial.指纹专家应邀出庭作证。
• The court heard evidence from a fingerprint expert.法院听取了指纹专家的证词。

6 enrollment   

n.注册或登记的人数；登记

参考例句：

• You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
• I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。

7 rigid   

adj.严格的，死板的；刚硬的，僵硬的

参考例句：

• She became as rigid as adamant.她变得如顽石般的固执。
• The examination was so rigid that nearly all aspirants were ruled out.考试很严，几乎所有的考生都被淘汰了。

8 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

9 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

10 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

12 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

13 opt   

vi.选择，决定做某事

参考例句：

• They opt for more holiday instead of more pay.他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资。
• Will individual schools be given the right to opt out of the local school authority?各个学校可能有权选择退出地方教育局吗？