With the school examination period getting into full swing, sharp-eyed invigilators are on the lookout for new and creative ways of cheating as pupils update traditional methods well-known to experienced school staff. But while some teachers might be tempted to be on the watch for ever-smaller forms of technology with which to access information, some pupils, such as one at a school in Hail, appear to be returning to the “simple is best” principle. The pupil in question has been accused of cheating during an examination after being observed throwing repeated furtive glances at a nearby wastepaper basket which upon inspection was found to contain, sitting on the top of a pile of scrap paper, a handwritten set of information pertinent to the very examination being conducted. While the pupil denies the charges, citing as evidence the fact that the “cheat-sheet” in question was written in a hand other than his own, school authorities believe him to have enlisted a colleague to supply the sheet and place the bin near to his designated seat.
