UK exam rooms could be equipped with CCTV cameras
By Darren Murph 
posted April 11th 2008 4:01PM
posted April 11th 2008 4:01PM
Quite honestly, we can't imagine anyone finding this the least bit surprising -- after all, aren't CCTV cameras and the UK an inseparable pair by now? Nevertheless, the Examination Officers' Association across the pond is currently mulling the idea of installing surveillance equipment in exam halls in order to keep an eye on test-taking cheaters. Apparently students are turning to their mobiles more and more (no way!) to plug any holes in their memory, and while the project hasn't been set in stone just yet, it seems to be headed in that direction. Ah, whatever happened to those old fashioned cram sessions?[Thanks, Tomek]
How do I reach these Keeds???
The sex change was a big mistake!
hahaha i saw that south park episode
Mostly white people in UK so they should be fine.
nerrrd what do you mean?
Bad :use cellphone on a exam, because it's noising, flashing and soo obvious.
Classic but a still usable :pen and paper.
Good :use a hp48/gx/49, TI or Casio on a exam at least that the teacher will ask for a calculator-less exam.
I don't see the big deal. In my 2-year college in Iowa, we already have cameras in the testing room. Cellphones, iPods, Notepads, Coats, Hats, and Scientific Calculators (except for certain math exams) are banned.
This isn't big brother, its just educators trying to ensure that people are honestly obtaining their grades. I don't see what the big deal is. "OMG! They're watching me circle the letter B!"
Wake me when there's real news.
Not aloud mobiles in test rooms.
this information is couple of years late.
It wont work give it a week it ll be scrapped
If you put them on mute they're not aloud at all.
good idea.
In college, I ratted on every cheater I saw.
I hate rats...
I hate people who hate rats....
I hate strawberry icecream.
a couple of guys from my school loaded their mini usb equiped scientific calculators with possible answers from the exam and they actually got away with it!!
Why not? Everything else in the UK is on CCTV.
When I first read the title I thought that they were going to install cameras in doctors exam rooms.
Ditto. I also thought it was speculation of current activities. Like, there may have a been a camera filming your breast exam!
Glad I wasn't the only one who got that from the title!
ditto.
Big Ben should be renamed Big Brother
I do enjoy seeing all these comments railing against CCTV in the UK.
Ever been to Vegas? I've never felt CCTV as much as I do there.
Seems like I'm the only one that done my tests fair :(.
Just to point out, as far as I know, the Examination Officers' Association is only in England and Wales. Separate systems operate in Northern Ireland and Scotland (the SQA)
I remember a friend of mine entering an entire essay onto his cell phone so he could copy it down during test time.
That's crazy.
A British cheat certainly wouldn't get far with the Oxford American dictionary. I'd say let that person cheat, and mock them when the ize's and the -or's become their ultimate downfall. But maybe I'm a bit sadistic.
I once got caught using a cellphone in an exam, but the teacher couldn't prove it :P
I also cheat in every exam I need. Cellphone, asking my classmates, bringing a little paper with the anwers, asking my cousin who knows maths over sms, etc.
Am I bad? :P
Am I the only one that was thinking medical exam rooms?
When I first read this headline I thought they meant an exam room like at a hospital or doctors office. CC cameras in a testing center I dont have any problem with. It should be up to the college though. This sounds like the UK mandating this policy to make money for survelience companies.
Our uni already sort of has CCTV in exam halls as an example the student union nightclub is used as one and thats full of CCTV its also in many of the other locations exams happen in are equiped with cctv.
In my state of Orissa of India, the Board of Secondary Education installed cameras in the 10th class examination recently. No idea about the monitoring or the effect the cams had on the cheats.
I just saw the DVD of the documentary "EVERY STEP YOU TAKE" (http://www.EveryStepYouTake.org), which really opens your eyes about CCTV in the UK ... I think every Briton must see this film in order to be able to understand the scam.
All this is just terrifying, and this film really reveals what needs to be known by the people!
People have been doing this since the TI's have been out. All the people I knew that could afford these in High School, cheated with them. I didn't have the money, I had a cheapy. But people used these in physics like crazy and they didn't have to remember shit, it always pissed me off.
Wow, there's a place in Englad that DOES NOT have CCTV cameras? Odd.
Oh wait, I forgot it was evil Amerika that was spying on their citizens at all time. Silly me.