Exam a test of nerves

As the grade 12 national exam kicked off yesterday, the Ministry of Education said early indicators suggested a marked improvement on last year’s dismal results, though incidents of students caught cheating and others buckling under the pressure of the high-stakes test remained.

The two-day exam began on an optimistic note as Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron told reporters at Phnom Penh’s Sisowath High School that anti-cheating reforms first implemented last year were starting to take effect. …

Taing Vida and Alice Cuddy
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