Test takers say their prayers
On the eve of the grade 12 national exam students across Phnom Penh put down their revision notes and flocked to local pagodas and shrines yesterday, praying that they will pass the high-stakes test – and that the proctors will let them cheat.
With testing starting today, the desperate prayers came a year after radical reforms to the exam – which used to be rife with corruption and cheating – saw abysmal results, with 74 per cent of students failing. …
Taing Vida and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/test-takers-say-their-prayers
