Singapore school test papers stolen in transit to British examiner


  • World
  • Friday, 23 Feb 2018

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - More than 200 students in Singapore had part of their British-administered school leaving exam paper stolen when they were sent to be marked in Britain, the Singapore exam board said on Friday.

A parcel containing 238 scripts of the 2017 GCE A-Level H2 Chemistry's Paper 3 was stolen from a courier in Britain while on its way to the examiner, the board said, adding that British police were investigating.

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