Drones have been used to spot cheaters during
exam time from 500 meters above and they
weren’t looking for hidden scribbles or notes, but
radio waves
Chinese invigilators has started employing modern
technology, drones to patrol in an attempt to stop
students from cheating in one of the country’s trickiest
exams – drones are hovering above to check unusual
radio waves activities.
The National Higher Education Entrance Exam, commonly
known as ‘gaokao’ or ‘the big test’, is held annually to
decide which student qualifies for a place in university.
Almost nine million Chinese students appear for gaokao
every year.
Some students try to cheat or practice unfair means in
the exam to improve their chances in the exam ‘gaokao’
– by taking covert photos of the exam questions using
special pens equipped with hidden cameras, and send it
instantly to someone outside who are waiting to gives
the correct answers back through a hidden earpiece.
To stop this kind of practice, in the city of Luoyang, in
Henan province, which is at the centre of the nation, has
started involving drones to monitor radio airwaves
activity in the area where the exam takes place. The UAV
hovers around 500 metres above the students’ heads or
the test site and has a range of 1km and immediately
alerts the school staff if unusual activity is detected.
The invigilators can control the drones with the help of a
simple tablet computer and can easily pinpoint the
culprit’s exact geo-location.
The culprits caught cheating is barred from attempting
any national level exams for three years.
So who would like to challenge the modern drone
invigilators?
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