英國學生在考場用手機作弊的情況越發嚴重

The number of pupils caught cheating in GCSE and A-level exams using their mobile phones this summer has increased, new data reveals.

最新數據顯示，在今年夏季的普通中等教育證書考試（GCSE）和“英國高考”（A-level）當中，因使用手機作弊被抓的學生人數有所增加。

A rising number of teachers have also been punished for malpractice because they wrongly gave help to teenagers during exams.

由於玩忽職守受到處分的老師人數也有所上升，他們曾在考試期間給予了學生們不當的幫助。

While the overall rate of malpractice has lowered slightly, by 1 per cent, this is actually less than the decrease in the exam-taking population.

雖然玩忽職守的總比率稍有下降（爲1%），但是這相對於參考人數下降的百分比而言事實上要低不少。

In contrast, the number of pupils who snuck smart phones into their exams increased by 14 per cent, from 790 to 900 incidents.

相比之下，學生偷偷將智能手機帶入考場的人數增加了14%，從去年的790起上升至今年的900起。

Mobile phones are a growing problem for exam invigilators, as pupils can use them to look up answers on the internet. They can also contact friends and family to help them during exams.

對於監考老師而言，手機成爲了一個越來越突出的問題，因爲學生們可以使用手機在網上尋找答案。他們還能夠在考試期間聯繫朋友和家人尋求幫助。

Pupils taking unauthorised material into the exam room was the most common form of malpractice, making up 54 per cent of cases.

將違規材料帶入考場是最常見的不當行爲，佔作弊行爲的54%。

The second most common was plagiarism, copying from other candidates or collusion — accounting for 420 penalties, or 17 per cent of the total.

其次就是抄襲，抄襲他人的答案或者是互相抄襲共有420起，佔總數的17%。

And disruptive behaviour in the exam room resulted in 140 penalties, accounting for 6 per cent of the overall figure.

考場上的破壞性行爲導致了140起處分，佔總數據的6%。

A further 80 penalties, or 3 per cent, were issued because pupils had failed to follow exam board supervision requirements, or tried to obtain, receive, exchange or pass information related to an exam.

另有80起處分（佔3%）歸因於學生們未能遵守考試委員會的管理要求，即試圖獲取、接收、交換或傳遞與考試相關的信息。