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Authorities in India's Bihar state have [excelled / expelled] around 600 high school students for cheating in their 10th grade examinations. The pupils used a [bookish / novel] but somewhat dangerous way to get help [with / by] their exam papers – their parents [scaled / scalded] the walls of the school building and provided the answers to questions [threw / through] the windows. Photographs and video [footage / footing] of this illegitimate technique have gone [viral / vital] . They show dozens of parents clinging on to whatever they can on the walls to [deed / feed] information to their children. Some of the parents were three [stories / tales] up. Teachers found many cheat sheets inside the classroom. Some had been folded [down / up] into paper airplanes and thrown through the window.

Over 1.4 million 10th graders are taking the tests this week at more than 1,200 high schools across the [station / state] . Bihar's education minister P.K. Shahi told reporters that schools [facing / faced] a difficult job to [ensure / reassure] exams took place under the [strictest / slickest] of conditions. He said: "It's virtually impossible to [conduct / conduce] fair examinations without the cooperation of parents." He added that it was not possible to [mentor / monitor] all parents who [accompany / companion] their children to schools and other test centres. The situation [regaling / regarding] parents helping their children cheat has become [so / such] prevalent that police officers are posted to each school. However, an official said, "we can't use force to drive [up / away] the parents".


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