Seeking an end to academic dishonesty

To go with India-Education-Cheating by Annie BanerjiIn this photograph taken on April 17, 2015, an Indian shopkeeper places a spy pen - a pen with a camera fitted - in his shirt at a store in New Delhi. Tiny bluetooth earpieces, spy bras and hidden camera glasses: these are just some of the high-tech gadgets available for students in India where cheating on high-pressure exams is rampant. AFP PHOTO/MONEY SHARMA

Students in India have resorted to cheating out of desperation, and experts blame the nation’s education system for its overemphasis on exams and memory-testing.

FIFTEEN-year-old schoolgirl Payali knew she was doing wrong when she scribbled mnemonics on her hands before entering one of India’s thousands of examination rooms.