https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/09/india-tried-to-stop-cheating-in-school-so-half-a-million-students-just-skipped-exams/?utm_term=.597978c136aa

India has had problems among the provinces with rampant and shameless cheating on the final exams that determine whether, you, as a student will have the opportunity at a college education. The population of India’s students vying for the college slots is so much greater than can be serviced so the competition is fierce that many of the students often have top marks academically at their respective schools. the lengths the students, teachers, and parents will do to get an advantage there have been reports of family members or teachers scaling the exam buildings to funnel answer to the test takers or teachers with access leak answer guides to their students.

The issue has come a head where the government can’t turn a blind eye as they have been so this exam cycle they are placing accountability measures to prevent outside intervention and cheating on the exams, such as security cameras and guards in the rooms and outside the exam centers. This article focuses primarily on the Uttar Pradesh state, which is one of the most populous and extreme when it comes to this level of academic dishonesty. The Uttar Pradesh state is by no means an anomaly, and as a result of the crack down on exam centers as many as 600,000 students have decided to stay home then to try their hand at the college entrance exam. This boycott of the exam by students shows just how competitive these slots are that this many students have thrown in the towel without outside help.