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Moroccan students sit in a park on May 13, 2014 in Fes
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Dozens of
people have been arrested in Morocco for selling answers to high school leaving
exams in a racket that even saw two pages of answers posted on Facebook,
authorities said Saturday.
The General Directorate of National Security said 57 people
were arrested in 15 towns across the kingdom in a cash-for-answers scandal that
saw other test responses sent to students via SMS.
AFP report continues:
Those detained were accused of providing "written
answers to students in exchange for money," the GDNS said.
The investigation "found numerous web pages and social
media sites used for leaking test answers."
According to news site Medias 24, two pages of an exam paper
were posted on Facebook the night before the test.
The scandal erupted after answers for a mathematics test at
the Academy of Casablanca, in Morocco's financial capital, were leaked online,
forcing the education ministry to order a resit of the exam.
Opposition groups have called for the minister's
resignation.
More than half a million students took their high school
leaving exams last week in Morocco, the results of which will be announced on
June 24.
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