Final exams for schoolchildren are incredibly stressful. As soon as the exam form appears in front of students, it is as if the knowledge that they have been accumulating for years flies out of their heads! Therefore, many, in order to protect themselves from getting a low score, prepare cheat sheets. School administration, of course, does not approve of students bringing cheat sheets to exams, so they have developed a number of rules to combat cheating.
United States
In many states, exams for school graduates are quite simple and correspond to the program of 8-9 grades. But in order to enter a university, students still need to write a final test, which consists of three parts: math tasks, text analysis and essay. For each subject, you need to score from 200 to 800 points. As a result, all indicators are summed up, and the graduate sends the final result to the college admissions committee. This test can be taken up to six times - if the student is not satisfied with the result, he can retake the exam.
Despite the ease of the test, schoolchildren still prepare cheat sheets: they bring phones and tablets to the exam, print out answers from sites, hide them and even take pills allegedly to improve brain activity.
Israel
Israeli schoolchildren do not limit themselves to printing out answers, but act more decisively. For example, there was a case when students hacked into the teacher's email and wrote on her behalf to the Department of Education to send answers to the upcoming test! They were indeed sent answers, but the deception was quickly revealed.
Norway
In Norway, students are given educational laptops, on which they study and write tests. In order for schoolchildren not to go to third-party sites, school administrations have imposed a ban on visiting various resources, and teachers can see what the student is doing.
Finland
Finnish students can enter the school by showing their grades to the admissions committee. Studies there last three years, after which students enter the university, but before that they pass an exam: future students are tested for knowledge of Swedish and foreign languages, mathematics and other sciences; It is also possible to take exams in optional subjects.
Final tests in Finland are easy, almost all students pass them successfully. Students are allowed to bring dictionaries and reference books to the exam, but it is forbidden to use mobile phones and computers. To prevent graduates from cheating, they are monitored by two observers, and if someone brings a cheat sheet, they can be removed from the exam.
Students can get from 1 to 10 points for the final test, but these results do not affect admission to a university in any way - each Finnish university has its own internal exams that all applicants must pass.
South Korea
In South Korea, students write an analogue of the Unified State Exam. However, this is an optional part of education, because if a graduate does not want to enter a university, he can be given his certificate without any exams. But since studying in Korea has been elevated to a cult, almost everyone writes final tests.
Exams are taken incredibly seriously here. While schoolchildren are writing final tests, planes are forbidden to take off and land at a nearby airport, so as not to disturb the graduates with their noise once again! Students prepare for exams for a long time, so the final results for them are literally a matter of life and death. For example, on the day when the points that schoolchildren received for the test are announced, a wave of suicides begins among graduates - many cannot come to terms with the fact that they did not score the maximum number of points.
Students need to pass seven subjects to enter the university: four compulsory (history, Korean, mathematics and English) and three optional. Students are forbidden to bring electronic devices, all students open test packages at the same time, and several observers monitor the exams.
China
The final exam for schoolchildren, the gaokao, is one of the most important tests (and one of the most difficult and stressful in the world). It is taken to enter a university, and if the student is caught cheating, he will be prohibited from retaking the test (and indefinitely). Therefore, graduates take exams very seriously, and observers do not take their eyes off them. In schools, during the final tests, "jammers" for mobile phones are installed, detector frames and CCTV cameras are installed. Observers can be teachers from other schools, groups from the local education department - and anyone who has applied in advance.
On one day, students take three subjects at once: first, they write a test in Chinese language and literature for 2.5 hours, in the afternoon they take mathematics or a foreign language; The very next day, they take the last compulsory subject and three subjects to choose from. Exams are checked only by computers - this is how the Chinese want to eliminate the human factor.
Brazil
In Brazil, there is an exam, which is called ENEM, but it is not mandatory, not all graduates take it - all because many universities in Brazil accept based on the results of annual school exams. But to enter the country's prestigious universities, you will have to pass ENEM.
Studying at Brazilian universities is free, but there are no scholarships. However, if a student studies well, he may well qualify for state benefits.
Another advantage of ENEM is the ability to study abroad.
Graduates write this final exam for two days. On the first day, they test their knowledge of natural sciences and humanities, on the second day they take mathematics, write essays and language tests. Students are not allowed to bring everything except a pencil and pen to the exam. If someone is caught cheating, they will be removed from the classroom and banned from writing the test again.
