cell phone in exam situations

With the good comes the bad, people always say, and that is true when it comes to new technology like the cell phone. For students it has been useful when it comes to contacting a lecturer or a class mate and through the use of the internet as well for social purposes where applications such as MXIT, Migg and Facebook are concerned. Students have taken the technology a step into the wrong direction by using cell phones to cheat in exams. The student takes their cell phone into the exam and text messages other students asking for answer. The student can also ask a person outside the exam room for a specific piece of information from the student’s notes. Cell phones are so advanced and the memory capacity has increased over the years that a student can easily save a whole semester’s workload onto their cell phone. It has become a common problem in most countries where technology is developed but lecturers and teachers have caught onto this devious fact and have banned all cell phones from exam rooms. This does not affect class test unfortunately that are held in the lecture room. Students will face disciplinary if he or she is caught with a cell phone in an exam room whether he or she was cheating or not.

Simone L Abraham