Egyptian Education Ministry on Thursday said it will punish anyone involved in the examination paper leak incident that triggered nationwide debate over educational equity of the country.
Education Minister El-Helali el-Sherbini told newsmen that the authorities have documented 127 cases of alleged cheating in the general
secondary certificate exams on Sunday, as well as a large number of cases related to the English test on Tuesday.
He said that a religious studies exam would be rescheduled after answers of Sunday’s test were leaked online.
The administrators of the Facebook page “Chao Ming Cheats” has been arrested after prosecution officials started to investigate on Sunday.
However, the page was still in operation and active on Facebook, Egypt’s Ahram Online reported.
The ministry warned on Friday that those found guilty of cheating or leaking exam papers could be fined up to 50,000 Egyptian pounds (about 5,750 dollars) and face one to three years in prison.
Report says the two exams, known as Thanaweya Amma in Arabic, are do-or-die for Egyptian high school students as its outcome dictates which college they can go.
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